The Brunel University’s Centre for sports’ medicines and human performance, has researched into the connection between voice and physical strength.

With the demise of interest in politics, is the necessity for good manners on the increase? Are good manner synonymous with good character?

Voice exercises are all about releasing your natural voice and yoga is all about releasing your natural energy balance. There are many similarities.

The ebullience, wonder and curiosity of a child, taken beyond into adulthood. The impact of a voice can never be underestimated.

Cheryl Cole’s been axed from the American X Factor on the grounds that her accent is unintelligible to an American audience. American audiences are notorious for not understanding regional English accents, that much is true.