The Essex accent has long attracted ridicule and disapproval. But primary school teachers say it also has a damaging effect on children’s spelling and grammar. So they have introduced elocution ...

Repeating ‘The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain’ helped transform Eliza Doolittle from a Cockney flower girl into a lady. These days, rising numbers of people are taking elocution lessons for a ...

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 ...

A primary school in Essex has become one of the first in the country to offer its pupils elocution lessons to help them lose their accents. 27 January 2012 • 9:45am Cherry Tree Primary School, in ...

The Queen's personal adviser has revealed how she once received elocution lessons from the monarch - but says they didn't last long. Angela Kelly, who has worked closely with the Queen for the past 25 ...

Elocution lessons are on the rise as graduates seek to improve their job prospects. According to one provider, demand for classes has more than doubled since 2010. Helen Hendrickson, an elocutionist ...

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 ...