If you’ve ever been confused by British English, you’re not alone. One big reason is vocabulary. Many everyday words are completely different from what American English speakers use. For example, ...

It’s specifically that upper-crust English accent, the one that sounds like they went to fancy boarding schools and know which fork to use for the fish course. We don’t even have fish courses! That’s ...

If you have a rhotic accent, you pronounce the /r/ sound whenever the letter 'r' appears in a word, like in 'learn', 'better' and 'perfect'. North American accents are usually rhotic, and other ...

Their eccentricity might be charming if it wasn’t for the assumption that everyone else speaks that way ...

Without resorting to the pronounced (no pun intended) example of British English and US English, think about how you can often assume a person asking you if you want to “come with” is from the Midwest ...

One Battle After Another was the big winner at the 2026 Bafta Film Awards, where films Hamnet and I Swear also received plaudits.

Described by acclaimed violinist Daniel Hope as a “tremendous talent”, the 25-year-old Berlin-based cellist gained ...

AUDLEY End is home to family-favourite miniature railway that has been running for 60 years. It’s now announced a new ...

Oasis, the Britpop group led by the famously feuding brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, are shortlisted for the third year in a row. Last year, the brothers put aside their beef for a cross-Atlantic ...

Get the scoop on common British slang terms that have crossed the pond and slipped into everyday American talk.

It looks like a user error with the Amazon Polly text-to-speech system is to blame.

In the late 20th century rock bands from England were great. These are three British Invasion bands from the 1970s who inspire us to sing.