Speaking this week at what sounds like a bastion of received pronunciation – the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, Surrey – Joan Bakewell confided that "someone at the BBC" had said her voice is ...

Traditional elocution lessons are making a comeback as jobseekers attempt to “soften” their regional accents and boost public speaking skills to get ahead in the workplace, according to research. The ...

Kate Middleton sought the help of elocution experts in a desperate bid to sound “posher” than her husband Prince William, according to royal expert Omid Scobie. Scobie’s biography, “Endgame: Inside ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A piece in today’s newspaper sheds light on a very telling and, in my opinion, somewhat sad modern phenomenon: that of a boom in elocution lessons, fuelled by job hunters who want to lose their ...

Some royal fans think Meghan's accent is "changing" THE eagerly-awaited royal documentary, Queen of the World, aired this week and fans across the country took to social media to voice their opinions ...