The English have long memories but so do the Scots. I’m in the market square in Corbridge in Northumberland and there’s a big street ...

Research finds that non-native English speakers get less attention than native speakers. This suggests that accents can be a ...

Star Katherine LaNasa might not be a born-and-bred Yinzer, but she gets much of that unique accent right. It's not easy.

It’s about power, says Lindsay Duncan, as she plays a crime family matriarch determined to exert her influence – by any means ...

It’s 2004, and two major-label rappers are being interviewed by MTV. Clad in baggy skatewear, Silibil N’ Brains resemble ...

WASHINGTON: James McAvoy has recalled a humorous early-career audition that went wrong after he attempted to fake a Northern ...

James McAvoy once attempted (and failed) a Northern English accent for an audition, he said. McAvoy, who hails from Glasgow, ...

Things are complicated by the threat of the label’s hard (and Scottish) head honcho (McAvoy), as well as Gav’s increasingly ...

Dismissed over their Dundee accents, rappers Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain reinvented themselves as US hip-hop talent. James ...

California Schemin' - a tremendously assured directing debut by James McAvoy - is based on a true story: that of a Scottish ...

Ant McPartlin has shared his love for Scotland after a recent trip revealing his unexpected obsession with one traditional ...

English actor Samuel Bottomley had to switch between Scottish and American accents while filming California Schemin'.