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Middle-class British people are talking more alike than ever, study finds. Story by Vittorio Tantucci • 5d. W e all imitate one another in conversation.
A 2006 study of UK students found that although students from different classes tended to talk about social class in similar ways, working-class students thought that these differences were ...
The British middle class is facing a crisis of confidence, says Labour's leader. But in a nation famously fixated on social stratifications, what does the term actually mean?
Are you upper, middle or lower? I’m sure you know exactly what I’m referring to. Is there any subject more fascinating to the British than class? Is there any subject, not including Brexit or ...
Its always hard for the middle classes. We’re pushed from the top and the bottom, and to try to change either one’s mindset in a social situation feels rude, and it never goes down well. Being ...
In his book The Decline and Fall of the British Middle Class, Patrick Hutber identified ‘thrift’ as a definable middle-class virtue. But in today’s Britain, it is actively punished.
Often Simmonds’s feminist themes coincide with her general satirization of the ambitions of the British middle class, as in “Gemma Bovery,” her 1999 Guardian comic strip, (also published in ...
The narrowness of this field is bad news for diversity – we need greater breadth and depth when it comes to British culture ...
Foreign Policy: The Myth Of The Middle Class According to Foreign Policy's Charles Kenny, the world's most pandered-to demographic is no more economically productive or civic-minded than anyone else.
Women, minorities and working-class people are discriminated against as others “hoard” opportunities, researchers say after an actress recently cited Samantha Morton as a rare example of an on ...
The real election winner has been Me+Em. Never mind wide but shallow support. The extremely successful, independent British brand, with 11 UK stores and two more recently opened in New York City ...