It has long been said that having a posh accent can help you get ahead in life and boost your career prospects. Now, scientists at the University of Cambridge have bolstered that theory and found that ...

Accentism – discriminating against someone because of their accent – has a long history in the UK, where the way someone speaks is often an easy way to tell their social class. People with ...

There are few experiences more shudder-inducing than having to listen to a recording of your own voice. Something to do with the way we hear vibrations through our bones when we talk, versus the way ...

Prince Harry is slowly cementing his new life as an ex-royal. The Duke of Sussex, 38, and his wife Meghan Markle, 41, stepped back as senior members of the royal family in 2020 before moving to ...

In two of the biggest films released this summer, Gladiator II and Nosferatu, most actors seem to be speaking like they’re in a Shakespeare play – even though their characters are based in Ancient ...

It was a week after Kim Hall’s surgery when her sister first noticed something different about her voice. “My mom and my sister came to visit me, and my sister said to my mom, ‘oh, she sounds very ...

Ben Fogle once claimed that he was dropped from Countryfile because of his posh accent. The star found fame 25 years ago when he took part in reality TV show Castaway, but then landed a role as a ...