Ever wondered how much your English accent and fluency can change over time? In this video, I take you back to 2014 to show ...

British accents can vary hugely — and face positive or negative stereotypes. Listen to these five British accents and see if you can hear the difference.

Somewhat unsurpisingly, men with posh English accents were rated as the least ... Newcastle and Standard Southern British English (SSBE). They then recruited 180 people from all over the UK ...

Renée Zelleweger has revealed that she spoke in a British accent 24/7 while filming Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy. Renée ...

Researchers from the University of Cambridge played recordings of men with various British accents to people ... as a surprise to no-one, the Posh English accent (also known as SSBE), was rated ...

From Nosferatu to Schindler’s List. Gemma King, senior lecturer in French Studies and an ARC DECRA Fellow in Screen Studies ...

The staying power of the Peppa Pig family—going 20 years strong—has made it one of Britain’s most significant cultural exports.

Study finds that those who speak with received pronunciation are least likely to be perceived as criminal, unlike Scousers and Cockneys ...

The accents included in the study were from Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Newcastle and standard Southern British English. Participants who listened ...

Whereas people with a “posh” Standard Southern British English (SSBE) accent, also referred to as received pronunciation (RP), Queen’s English or BBC English, are seen to be most likely to ...

more educated and richer than people with other accents. Those who use the Queen’s English – either Standard Southern British English (SSBE) or RP – are also considered to be the least ...

Why do we see German and Roman characters speaking like they’re from London? The blame lies partly with film directors – and more broadly with British imperialism.