Chavs, Class, Race and Rednecks
Note: to my UK or UK-savvy friends – prepare for “duh” cultural assessment by naive American. Had to do research for this. I first heard about Lady Sovereign, oddly, on NPR. I was half-listening when I heard the phrase “Lady Sovereign is the female, British Eminem.” In fact she gets pissed off at this comparison,...
Upminster: the U.K.’s Sexiest Place
A town of around 13,000 that claims an 81% rate of Christianity, the London suburb of Upminster has been dubbed “England’s Sexiest Place” by Lovehoney UK. Since Upminsterites spend an average of almost eight times as much as other Brits on sex-related products, are all the heathens just wildly hedonistic – or are regular people...
