People often tell me about someone at work whose accent they can't understand. But almost never mention their difficulty to the strongly-accented person. Why not?

I’ve recently come back from my first trip to Northern Ireland, and I learned some things about the famous accent… especially when I tried to do it myself…

Results: why changing your speech habits isn’t like getting a nosejob

Everyone has an accent. I don’t believe there is such a thing as a ‘correct’ way to speak English: it just needs to be clear. Most people around the world are familiar with the ‘RP’ accent - but what is it and how do you make that sound?

What we call ‘public’ speaking doesn’t have to feel like performing - it should feel like a conversation where you do most of the talking