TV The second episode of The History of Now: The Story of the Noughties, All Together Now? considered the class war and how the idea of a "classless" society has transmogrified so that though there are still social divides they're within the classes themselves, so that percentages of working and middle class people have made financial gains even if they still remain true their origins (despite what they may personally think or say).
Contrasting the rather upbeat tone of the first instalment, this episode nihilistically underscored how politicians have ditched intellectualism and statesman-like tendancies in favour of trying to appeal to ever small sections of the population, venerating ephemeral celebrities in a bid not to seem out of touch and how society can now be sorted into about sixty distinct demographic groups. I dread to think where I'd be put.
Topics
Big Brother
- Jade Goody
Chav
- ChavScum
- bling
- tramp stamp
- muffin top
- Burberry
- shellsuits
Chavocracy
- Katie Price
WAGs
- Victoria Adams (Beckham)
- Cheryl Tweedy ( Cole)
- Vanessa Perroncel (Bridge)
- Lisa Roughead (Carrick)
- Alex Curran (Gerrard)
- Michaela Henderson-Thynne (Downing)
- Carly Zucker (Cole)
- Coleen McLoughlin (Rooney)
It Handbags
- Christian Dior Saddle (2000)
- Balenciaga Motorcycle (2001)
- Luella Gisele (2002)
- Louis Vuitton Monogram Multicore (2003)
- Mulberry Roxanne (2004)
- Chloe Paddington Bag (2005)
- Marc Jacobs Stam (2006)
- Yves Saint Laurent MUSE (2007)
- - GUCCI
- - - LVMH takeover bid
- -Bagonomics
Primani
- Primark
The Bilbao Effect
- Guggenheim Museum
- Blingitecture
- Liverpool ONE
Credit Cards
The Super Rich
- Kensington Palace Gardens
- Russian Billionaires
Middle Class financial split
- Official government report on social mobility
- Mosaic
- David Cameron’s desert island discs
- Class War
Contributors
Andrew Marr Broadcaster [biog, wikipedia, amazon]
Toby Young [wikipedia, blog, twitter, amazon]
Peter Bazalgette, Former Chairman, Endemol UK [wikipedia, blog, amazon]
Peter York, Author, Social Commentator [wikipedia, amazon]
Mark Lawson, Journalist & Broadcaster [wikipedia, amazon]
Lucie Cave, Executive Editor, Heat Magazine [wikipedia, twitter, amazon]
Suzanne Moore, Journalist [blog, twitter]
Andrew Hussey, Cultural Historian [wikipedia, amazon]
Will Self [biog, wikipedia, blog, amazon]
Dana Thomas, Author, Deluxe [biog, amazon]
Justine Mills, Boutique Owner, Cricket [bebo, twitter]
Nilgin Yusuf, London College of Fashion [interview, amazon]
Jonathan Glancey, Architecture Critic [wikipedia, twitter, amazon]
Tony Chapman, Royal Institute of British Architects [amazon]
Nick Cohen, Journalist & Author [wikipedia, blog, amazon]
Prof Danny Dorling, Human Geographer, University of Sheffield [biog, amazon]
Robert Frank, The Wall Street Journal [blog, amazon]
Stephen Armstrong, Journalist & Author [biog, amazon]
Will Hutton, The Work Foundation [wikipedia, blog, twitter, amazon]
Simon Jenkins, Journalist & Author [wikipedia, blog, amazon]
Julia Margo, Director of Research, Demos [biog, blog, amazon]
Richard Webber, Inventor, Mosaic [wikipedia]
Mark Pack, Political Communications Expert [biog, blog]
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