And some see it as a good thing

So, apparently, the British are not as uncultured and as brutish as our European cousins might think. You see some survey commissioned in Italy found that the Brits are rather super when it comes to the finer things in life.

There I was, just about to embark upon a bit of basking when I realised what those finer things might be:

‘There is a perception that we are uncultured. But it is a myth,’ he insists. ‘There is increasing participation in the arts in this country. Gallery and theatre attendences are rising. They are on the up all the time.

You remember back in the old days when a fellow would, when making disparaging remarks about the French, allude to those cigarette smoking, dark glasses wearing, street cafe chattering, art 'loving', politically sophisticated, well dressed good for nothings? Well, that's what we have become.

Tragic.