Category Archives: MiddleClassTowns

Just a quick point of information: I posted a link to this site on the chippingnorton.net forum and have had a fantastic response. (Kudos to Chipping Norton for having such an active forum.) In the subsequent comment thread, a poster … Continue reading →

This splendid post was written by Helen Pockett in response to my last piece about Chipping Norton: As the person who nominated Chipping Norton as a candidate for most middle class place in Britain, I can’t help but feel responsible … Continue reading →

If you arrive as a stranger in most British towns, you have no real way of getting to know them. You can get some feel for their character from the architecture and the shops, but nothing for the characters that … Continue reading →

David Cameron’s parents were very rich. He went to Eton. Then he went to Oxford where he joined an exclusive drinking society dedicated to the un-ironic wearing of tail coats and smashing up expensive dining establishments. Then he became the … Continue reading →

The ever reliable source of all Crouch End news, Linda Grant has just posted the following message on Twitter: OH FOR FUCK’S SAKE. Our Couch End bookshop is being replaced by an artisan ice creamery Followed by: Only three new … Continue reading →

[A long post with no pictures! Can you face it?! I wanted to get this out on Friday, but find my time constrained... I'll jazz it up soon... Maybe...] Just before Christmas a poster called Phil Chamberlain posted a message … Continue reading →

Recently, I visited Hoxton and Shoreditch in East London in order to drink over-priced coffee and (earnest-middle-class-parent that I am) to visit to Nick Hornby’s admirable Ministry Of Stories and Monster Supply Store. It’s an area I used to know … Continue reading →

There’s an interesting survey reported in the Guardian (on one of their superb data blogs) about the “Real Middle Britain”. It’s debatable whether, in the complex and crazy language of class “Middle Britain” and middle class are one and the … Continue reading →

Steerforth, whom I mentioned in my last post, and who runs the wondeful blog, The Age Of Uncertainty, has posted a really interesting article. It’s not only about Lewes, but about the appeal (as well as comedy value) of middle … Continue reading →

Recently, a poster called Steerforth wrote a comment on this blog about Lewes’ claim to to be the most middle class place in the UK: “My home town of Lewes should be on the list for a number of reasons, … Continue reading →