The King's English and Cockney are no longer common dialects among young people in the South East of England, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Essex studied the dialects of ...

Well have a butcher’s at that, it seems people aren’t minding their Ps and Qs anymore. Researchers at the University of Essex have found that two of the most famous accents in the south of England ...

One of the last remaining 'Pearly Kings' who was the inspiration behind Del Boy is fighting to keep the Cockney tradition alive - saying there are only around 12 left. George Major, 86, who was ...

AS BILLY BULLARD left home for the last time, one wintry lunchtime in the East End of London, a high-pitched wail erupted outside the pebble-dash terraced house where his seven surviving children, ...

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