All you need to know about Wolverhampton Literary Festival

Wolverhampton Literature Festival is back next weekend, bringing literature, poetry, music and dance together with over 90 ...

Meet the Norwegian with American accent settling into Motherwell life

Motherwell's much-travelled new striker is a big fan of writer Tolkien's Lord of the Rings - or the cinematic trilogy at least. "I've never spoken in a Scottish accent but I really like it, I love ...

Can a person really change their social class?

"Posh” in the UK can mean anything from “buys McVities biscuits” to “owns several counties in the south west”.' ...
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Voices of the Victorians analysed in new Lancaster University research about northern accent development

The Barrow-in-Furness accent is very different from the rest of Lancashire and Cumbria because of an intense mixing and rapid population change in the late 1800s, says new research by Lancaster ...

Who is Stephen Libby from The Traitors? Meet series 4 winner who quit his job after show success

STEPHEN Libby is one of the two Traitors who won the fourth UK series, alongside accomplice Rachel. He took home half of the ...

Alison Hammond: 'I'm Brummie through and through'

TV presenter Alison Hammond says living in Birmingham is what keeps her grounded and she would never modify her accent to fit ...