William Barnes, The English Language and Linguistic Purism (The Economist)

It's not often we see anything about William Barnes in The Economist.

Here's a piece by Prospero.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2014/01/english-purism

See also:

The Circle of William Barnes' Poetry: a discussion of the language and themes of his dialect poetry (pdf) - Valerie Shepherd