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How Accurate Are the Accents in Period Dramas?
The voices we hear in costume dramas are a polite fiction - shaped more by class signalling and modern ears than by history.
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The Cheeky Innuendo That Made Bake Off
Soggy bottoms and good firm rises: how the double entendres of the baking tent became a beloved, very British comic tradition.