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Middle England. They’re nicer than you think
Middle Englanders are insular, selfish and intolerant. Not so, argues Richard Reeves. Plus Stephen Armstrong on the Accidental Middle Englanders
Accidental Middle Englanders
Stephen Armstrong finds a worried generation
A Tale of Two Speeches
The difference between the speeches of the two main party leaders was about class. The election will be too.
Class psychology
The psychology underlying the British class system is what makes it unique, explains Sandra Jovchelovitch
Linguistic snobbery
In the latest in our series on what we mean by 'posh' in 2007, Dr. Penelope Gardner-Chloros examines how speaking habits have changed in recent years.
Union chief's warning to Brown
In the latest in newstatesman.com's 'Posh in 2007' series union boss Tony Woodley warns Gordon Brown he can't rely on Labour's name to secure working class votes
Unmentionable truths
Class allows us to connect the present with the past and to understand the malignancies of a modern economic system based on inequity and fear
Role models aren't only middle-class
The instinct of any caste or class is to reproduce itself, and so it is with the black and urban middle classes
Posh and black
Operation Black Vote director Simon Woolley is the latest contributor to newstatesman.com's series of articles on class and poshness in the 21st century
Still a class thing
As part of our series looking at the issue of class and 'poshness' in 2007, we ask the Head Master of Eton College to give us his thoughts on the subject...
A toff and proud of it
TV chef and countryside campaigner Clarissa Dickson-Wright kicks off a series of articles looking at the issue of class and poshness in 2007
Green heroes
The top ten
Green villains
The top ten
Bjorn Lomborg
Cloud control
Interview
Omar Bin Laden
What if...
Hugh Gaitskell lived
James Macintyre
Brown at war
Will Self
On brands
Film review
A Serious Man
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