HOW many people know that Yorkshire has its own unique language?” asks Rod Dimbleby, retired teacher of modern languages and ...

Whether you speak Cockney slang, have a Scouse lilt or are full-on Geordie, there are no shortage of accents across the UK. Now a study suggests children as young as five start to link them to social ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British film critics have poured scorn on U.S. actress Anne Hathaway for her northern English accent in the movie "One Day," calling it variously "another Hollywood stinker" and ...

Emily Brontë's story of romance, passion and heartbreak, set against Yorkshire's atmospheric landscape, is receiving a major adaptation which arrives in cinemas tomorrow (February 13). Director ...

Jacob has a somewhat questionable (though I liked it...) Yorkshire accent and Margot has a lovely-if-misplaced Received Pronunciation (RP) accent which is traditionally associated with English upper ...

Financial support for the Dialect and Heritage Project has come from National Lottery Heritage Fund (£530,500), the University of Leeds’ Footsteps Fund and alumni donations (£110,000), and partner ...