It's off to mainland Europe, and to one of the low countries to be exact in this episode of Mothertongues. Let's meet Eabha (9) who can speak Dutch and who has a little sister that she dotes on. Her ...

For centuries, streets used to be a place to be with each other, to live, talk, trade, play and move around. Only in the past century has it become a space for traffic: a place to drive through and ...

Sir, – I was heartened by Michael O'Loughlin's account of the incredible resolve of the Dutch people who, faced with a need for "an extra million homes in the near future" simply wrought new land from ...