Trilingual Children Switching Languages
Real Family Stories We asked trilingual children and their mums to talk to us in all the languages they can speak. In this video, you can see how the children switch from one language to another, depending on what they hear.
Inside the Bilingual Brain
Living Between Languages – The Hidden Work of a Bilingual Brain Growing up bilingual can look effortless from the outside. Children switch languages mid-sentence, understand grandparents with ease, and move through different cultural spaces as if it is the most natural thing in the world. But what is it really like inside a bilingual brain? […]
Yui Karlberg: Music, Identity and Living Authentically
In this interview, we speak with the artist Waritsara Yui Karlberg from Bournemouth about her music, her multicultural background, and her experience of being transgender in Britain. She shares how identity, culture, and creativity all meet in her work, and how music has become both her voice and her refuge. Born in Sweden, Yui moved […]
From Venezuela to Business Success: An Immigrant’s Journey: Maximillian De Kment
Maximilian Ziegfried de Kment was born in Venezuela and moved to England at the age of seven, speaking only Spanish. His is a powerful story of building success through determination, resilience, and pride in standing out rather than fitting in. A former professional rugby player, Maximilian later moved into business and is now the owner […]
Multilingual Parenting: Tips for Raising Bilingual Children
Anna Hamilton is Polish and lives in Dorset, UK, with her British husband and their four children. At home, their family moves naturally between English, Polish, and Spanish, and all four children speak these languages fluently. Their everyday life shows how multilingualism can grow in a warm, natural way when language is part of daily […]
Don’t See Yourself as a Foreigner’: Immigrant Integration in UK
This interview is part of Beautiful World Festival’s storytelling series, which celebrates the real voices and experiences behind the cultures we see at our festival. Beautiful World Festival is a family-friendly cultural festival that brings communities together through music, food, languages, and shared stories from around the world. We believe that understanding begins with listening—and […]
The Top 7 Ways to be Kind to Yourself
Being kind to yourself is worth it and it matters even more when times are hard. When you are kind to yourself, you become more patient, more caring, more open to collaborating with others and more understanding. Less stress and worry can make wonders not only to yourself but also to others. Just imagine what […]