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.

By Gemma KingIn 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 ...

The standard English accent they suggest is the least likely to behave in criminal ways - except when it came to sexual ...

his actual Irish accent is replaced with an English one in the film. Similarly, Pedro Pascal's General Acacius and Connie Neilsen's Lucilla speak in an amorphous attempt at the imperial accent that ...

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

Sociolinguists say accent bias is prevalent in the UK and affects how people are perceived by classmates, colleagues and friends.

People with ‘non-English accents’ from Belfast and Glasgow are significantly less likely to behave in criminal ways, a study has found. Speakers of some accents perceived as working class including ...

The British accent has been voted as the sexiest foreign accent when speaking English, with just under 50 percent of all respondents picking it as their top choice. (They must’ve just been ...