Monthly Archives: November 2010

Exciting innovation alert!

I want to find the most middle class place in Britain and I want you to help me! Be it a town, village, street, shop, delicatessen (not deli, please), organic farmers’ market, pleasing and easily accessible rural view (ideally with … Continue reading

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Watch this space…

… for slow and over-ambitious expansion of the blog in coming weeks. In the meantime, please send in nominations about the essence of middle class life and where to find it. More info here.

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Is it too early to mention Xmas?

Yes. In fact, “Xmas” should never be mentioned. To shorten the title like that is a gross cheapening of this otherwise wholly holy day. And yes, it is also important to hate people who even mention Christmas before December 1. … Continue reading

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Plastic surgery

  On others it is cheap and trashy. On you it is invisible.

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Royalty

It may be a mistake to write about royalty today.  I imagine that the world is already thoroughly bored of hearing about William’s plans to inflict his defective genes on Kate Middleton, less than 24 hours after their engagement was … Continue reading

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