Two modern-day Pearly Queens who continue the Cockney tradition of leading fundraising activities across London An academic report has suggested the idea of "Cockney culture" could be used as a tool ...

As the Modern Cockney Festival enters its third year, people in south east England with a Cockney connection reflect on what it means to them. Throughout March, the month-long event organised by Grow ...

The pearly king of Woolwich and his mouse turned heads at the Modern Cockney Festival The Modern Cockney Festival concluded recently with the dialect being officially recognised as a community ...

In response to a community petition, Tower Hamlets council in east London has designated Cockney as a “community language”. This recognition paves the way for the borough to actively challenge the ...

LONDON — The East End’s Eliza Doolittles have long since moved away--not to rural Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, mind you, but to suburban Essex and Kent, where their cockney rhyming slang is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The unofficial ‘Speak Cockney Day’ is just around the corner, meaning you don’t have much time to brush up on your London slang.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The British rocker's U.K. No. 1 hit "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" has been covered over 100 times since its 1975 release ...

Steve Harley, singer for the British glam rock act Cockney Rebel and their 1975 hit “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died at the age of 73. Harley’s family confirmed his death in Suffolk, ...