From colonial India to East London, learn how ‘pony’ and ‘monkey’ became part of Cockney rhyming slang and their place in ...

The Language Gallery teams up with YouTube sensation"Korean Billy" to launch worldwide contest Students from around the world will have the opportunity to come to London and boost their English skills ...

As the Modern Cockney Festival enters its third year, people in south east England with a Cockney connection reflect on what it means to them. Throughout March, the month-long event organised by Grow ...

Cockney culture has long been a proud part of London’s storied landscape, boasting its own pitter-patter dialect of rhyming slang, a cuisine of eels, pie and liquor, and even an alternative royal ...

Shop owners in the U.K. are fighting to win government protection for pie and mash, a working-class meal with deep roots. Peter Flude for The New York Times Andy Green is leading the charge to ...

You can see it in politics. You can hear it in public debate. You can feel it in the way people talk about each other, not with curiosity, but with distance. The language of division is becoming more ...

Of all the UK accents, Cockney is one of the most famous, but it’s also one of the trickiest to pull off. Best known for identifying working-class Londoners, actors like Michael Caine and Jason ...