Colombian flags flank the entrance to La Bodeguita, the unassuming café I walk into for my first coffee of the day. I’m lulled in not merely by the scent — though my caffeine-deprived senses have ...

Professor Paul Kerswill, formerly of Lancester University and now of York, is an expert on the speech of young, working-class East Londoners - its components, its variations, its roots. Here's a talk ...

My city is home to many languages. It houses several mother tongues. With the largest number of foreign-born residents of any city in the world, London’s streets are filled with a fusion of languages, ...

– Some 27.5 million people in England and Wales described themselves as Christian on the day of the 2021 census, or 46.2%. This is down from 33.3 million (59.3%) a decade earlier and is the first time ...