“Edmund Stoiber is German. That is the Bavarian accent and dialect,” he responded after a peal of long laughter ... Well, if you say “aks” for “ask” when speaking English in East Africa, it will be ...

Why do we see German and Roman characters speaking like they’re from London? The blame lies partly with film directors – and more broadly with British imperialism.

Professional actors should be as capable of learning a German accent as an English one. So why do so many productions return to the imperial accent of English-language cinema? The answer may lie ...