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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

David and Victoria Beckham have started taking elocution lessons in a bid to boost their US career prospects, a report claims. According to the Daily Star, ex-Spice Girl Victoria has decided that she ...