Interestingly even Peter Ustinov is another one who slightly de-poshed his accent in his last decade. Very mellifluously posh tones throughout the 70s and 80s, but not in the early 2000's. (View Post)

An extraordinary life. His voice in Quo Vadis is one of the richest-sounding English voices you'll ever hear, including a few songs he spontaneously composed himself on the set. (View Post)

There's always the drastic and now dated elocution lessons option, although you might come out sounding like the blessed Margaret. (View Post)

Yup ; and that's why the nasty Farage poster from the Balkans border was so potent. (View Post)

I think the Falklands War was a disaster for our politics in general. From preventing an SDP victory that would have put Britain on the road to more consensual, Continental-style government and precl… (View Post)