How a foul-mouthed Julie Andrews, a cockney Dick Van Dyke and a ‘walking icicle’ author somehow made a children’s classic to warm the heart ...

Teenagers in east London are forming their own brand of English and pushing out traditional Cockney slang, according to language experts. A study by Sue Fox, from London's Queen Mary's College, found ...

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Recently the death of Steve Harley rocked the music world as a legend was lost. He was the frontman of Cockney Rebel - an English rock band who formed in the early 1970s in London. However, several ...

Shop owners in the U.K. are fighting to win government protection for pie and mash, a working-class meal with deep roots. Amid the gentrification of East London, Cockney shop sellers and advocates are ...

Cockney Rebel frontman Steve Harley, who died in March last year at the age of 73, left behind a six-figure sum. The London-born singer and songwriter who had a No.1 hit in 1975 with Make Me Smile ...

Sybil Cock talked to Saif Osmani, one of the founders of the festival which is happening now and is in its third year The festival aims to celebrate working-class heritage, culture and stories of the ...

A new podcast recalls the history, culture and influence of the Yiddish East End. Nosh, schmooze, chutzpah... words that many of us still use today. They come from Yiddish, a Jewish language widely ...

NEW ways to overcome social division and prejudice in modern Britain by harnessing the power of Cockney identity, humour, and sense of togetherness are called for in a new report. The Modern Cockney ...

Once a ubiquit-ously common, bird in towns, cities, and around farms in the countryside, the familiar house sparrow has declined dramatically in numbers over recent decades. Hopefully, it is now ...

The Cockney accent is synonymous with east London legends like Barbara Windsor and Michael Caine. But even though you might not Adam and Eve it, researchers say that the dialect has now become 'one of ...