This project investigates the tenderness embedded within North East dialect and the cultural power of regional language. Regional accents are often reduced to stereotypes of humour or lack of intelligence; this work challenges those assumptions through graphic intervention.

Referencing the solidarity banners of the miners’ strikes, the project places the phrase “alright pet?” at the centre of the work, framing it as an expression of care and resistance.

By photographing the banner within unexpected public contexts,
the project generates social and political discussion around the phrase and its meaning.

The final outcome adopts the format of a newspaper publication to reflect themes of politics, community and public voice. Designed as a series of large loose sheets, the publication can be unfolded and reordered, functioning as an open and evolving archive.