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 ...

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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 ...

Pupils at an Essex primary school are receiving elocution lessons - to help improve their spelling. Staff at Cherry Tree Primary School in Basildon said some children were writing words according to ...