If you were lucky enough not to have come across this, er, unique Guardian article 'The rise of Britishcore: 100 experiences that define and unite modern Britons', do not click this link.
It was suggested to me by on Twitter that the author must be the son of someone on the paper to have got it published.
The new Private Eye shows that was almost right: he's the long-term partner of someone there.
When the editor saw this article, the Eye goes on, she gave orders for it to be buried in the depths of the Guardian's website. But I recruited a team of professional cave divers to help me this afternoon, and we found it.
2 comments:
When I started reading that article, it seemed so ludicrous I assumed it was an off-target spoof. Then I realised it wasn't...
I have been a Guardian reader since 1980 and this is probably the most pifflish (not a word but you know what I mean) article I have read in all that time.
The other thing Private Eye said is that if you ask for a list of 100 then it's bound to be full of repetition and weak items.
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