Category Archives: A-Z

The quest to find Britain’s funniest middle class enclaves has migrated to http://www.craptownsreturns.com At last! It’s back.

Hello, I remain dreadfully middle class, you’ll be pleased to hear. Although, like most of my kind, increasingly anxious and possibly on a smaller scale. The recession has made a blog about cheese-fancying and conspicuously expensive consumption seem rather wrong, … Continue reading →

These must be organic dark chocolate containing at least 97% cocoa solids. They are for you. Easter eggs are not to be fed to children under any circumstances. Children’s eggs are filled with evil sugar, produced by evil brands, and … Continue reading →

Thanks to Linda Grant for this nugget: “As part of John Lewis’ commitment to support the fight against knife crime, you can no longer buy a kitchen knife online. The idea that a John Lewis customer would ever commit any … Continue reading →

Careful readers of this site will already know that it’s compulsory for middle class men under the age of 40 to claim to like hip-hop. Which makes me especially pleased to present the following ill sounds: In the track, the … Continue reading →

Regular readers of this site will know that I’ve been promising an article about Slough for a long time now and repeatedly failing to produce the goods. It is on the way, I promise (again). But in the meantime, I’ve … Continue reading →

I’m in the middle of writing a proper post about Slough. And enjoyng the post-Christmas lull. But in the meantime, I’ve been getting some very interesting information from wordpress about the search engine terms people use to find this blog. … Continue reading →

… 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.

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 →

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