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 ...

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 ...

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 ...