The origins of the Liverpool accent have been traced back to the 1750s when a dictionary compiled in Lancashire noted certain slang words which were later recognised as pure Scouse. But the accent ...

Councillors unanimously voted in favour of the temporary marquee, for the hotel, at a meeting on Wednesday [Google] ...

bravura chapter in which Lilti convincingly interprets his life and work as an unprecedented effort to come to terms with his meteoric rise to European celebrity in the 1750s. Lilti also draws ...