To understand what a metaphor is, let’s start by considering a real world example. For tipping point , we might imagine an object that shoul...

I once heard that how someone treats a waiter can say a lot about their character. What about the way a waiter responds? Researcher Larssy...

"Ma-ma, ba-ba, da-da" - you probably associate sounds such as these with babies, in particular the babbling that babies make when ...

Continuing our series of posts related to the ' Accent Bias in Britain ' project, in this blog post we discuss some findings from ou...

Continuing our series of posts related to the ' Accent Bias in Britain ' project, in this blog post we discuss some findings from ou...

Continuing our series of posts related to the ' Accent Bias in Britain ' project, in this blog post we discuss some findings from ou...

What do you think of when you hear someone speak with a Brummie accent? How about when somebody speaks with a West Country accent? Do you ...

Content note: this article contains some references to homophobia. No one could argue that LGBT rights in the UK have not made progres...

Remember Iggy Azalea? Well, if you were just about anywhere in 2014, you might recall her smash hit song 'Fancy' featuring Charli X...

It’s probably not something you even think about. Someone asks you to pass salt or pepper at dinner, they say “thanks!” Someone is raising...

No British genre better highlights the effects of globalisation than Grime music: an amalgam of Garage, Jungle, Hip Hop and Dancehall which...