A sociological study of the British by a transvestite artist from Essex may not sound like riveting television but I found Grayson Perry’s  “safari through the taste tribes of Britain” on Channel 4 quite brilliant.

‘Tribes’ is largely the preferred term to the politically loaded concept of ‘classes’.

Perry is more fascinated by appearance and the things  people choose to live with, wear, eat or drive than exploring deeper rooted social or moral issues. Continue reading →