Playing a “true-ish” version of wellness scammer Belle Gibson, Dever expertly conceals her American accent, delivering a ’Strayan performance so convincing it matches her actual Australian ...

What do you imagine when you think of a British accent? If you’re imagining the refined tones of Queen Elizabeth II, the charming patter of Hugh Grant in a rom-com or the whisperings in a ...

Speakers of some accents risk being stereotyped as more likely to have committed a crime, new research suggests. The study led by the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Nottingham ...

The findings, published in Frontiers in Communication, suggest that despite progress in equality and diversity in some parts of British life, including 'working-class' and regional accents ...

Beth Beddall began to feel self-conscious about her accent when she started university Before she started university, Beth Beddall had never really thought about her Black Country accent.

People with a “posh” English accent are seen as least likely to commit most crimes, with the exception of sex offences, new research has suggested. A University of Cambridge study, in ...

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 ...

But does her tactic have any basis in reality? Can an accent genuinely influence how we perceive someone’s trustworthiness? Surprisingly, yes. Studies suggest that the way a person speaks ...

But director Brady Corbet and star Adrien Brody have come under fire after the film's editor Dávid Jancsó revealed that AI was used to enhance Brody’s accent. "The Brutalist" tells the story ...

Before she started university, Beth Beddall had never really thought about her Black Country accent. But when she started attending seminars during her undergraduate course at Durham University in ...

New research has revealed that some accents sound ‘guiltier’ than others – and stereotyped as more likely to have committed a crime. The study found that northern accents, including those ...

Researchers have raised concerns about possible bias in the UK criminal justice system due to negative stereotyping of regional accents. A study led by the University of Cambridge, in ...