| Unlock full access to our free-thinking journalism for less than 50p per week. |  | James Frayne Telegraph Columnist | Class has long dominated public (and private) life in Britain. However, traditional categories – upper, middle or lower – no longer capture the nuances of modern living.
Changes in the population driven by large-scale immigration, the increase in the number of graduates and female workers, and the decline of the industrial labour force have made our old assumptions about class redundant. Just look at Rishi Sunak, who was sunk by the lead weight of perceived upper-class status, despite being the son of a pharmacist and a GP, who were first-generation migrants.
Now, The Telegraph and research agency Public First, which I used to chair, have identified six distinct, new class groups that reflect the reality of today’s Britain. Try the Great British Class Survey for yourself and see where you fit in.
Use our tool to find out your class ➤
How migration and university degrees killed the old class system ➤ | | Ben Farmer and Tom Cotterill Foreign Correspondent and Defence Editor | Donald Trump’s weekend ultimatum to Iran has only hours to run.
The US president said Tehran had until the end of today to open the Strait of Hormuz, or he would “obliterate” its power plants.
The strait is still closed and the clock is ticking.
Iran is not backing down and said if Trump followed through it would respond in kind against Gulf energy sites to send the price of oil soaring even further.
It is unclear if Trump’s threat will work against an embattled regime that thinks holding the strait hostage is its strongest card in an existential fight.
Meanwhile, former defence chiefs warned yesterday that Britain would be powerless to stop Iranian ballistic missiles from striking the UK. | A Khorramshahr-4 ballistic missile, which is said to have a range of 2,400 miles, launches at an undisclosed location in Iran | That was the chilling assessment after Tehran targeted the joint US-UK military base on Diego Garcia with two long-range missiles.
Israel’s military said on Saturday that the attack demonstrated Tehran could hit London. The Government sought to downplay the danger, with Steve Reed, the Housing Secretary, saying there was “no specific assessment that the Iranians are targeting the UK or even could, if they wanted to” and that Britain was “perfectly capable” of defending itself.
However, one senior defence source with knowledge of Britain’s integrated air defence systems warned that they would struggle to fend off such a bombardment.
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Go deeper with our full coverage of the Iran war:
Could Iran really strike Britain? ➤
How the Islamic regime could cripple the Gulf ➤
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The knives have long been out for Sky’s much-hyped British version of US comedy institution Saturday Night Live. How could it compete with the show that gave us Bill Murray and Chevy Chase? Very well, it turns out, thanks to host Tina Fey and some near-the knuckle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor gags. Continue reading ➤ | | | If a neuroscientist told you that it was possible to lower the chances of neurodegenerative disease in later life by kicking back a bit more, wouldn’t it be a no-brainer? Well, Dr Joseph Jebelli has done just that. He believes that we should all rest more and work less, in order to improve brain health. However, he says, only some kinds of rest are productive in keeping brain disease at bay. Continue reading ➤ Below is one more article that I hope will improve your day: - It’s the time of year when we feel the urge to do a bit of spring cleaning. However, might your well-intentioned efforts do more harm than good? Here’s how to keep your home clean without ruining your gut health.
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I was aware of pease pudding because of the nursery rhyme, but I admit I hadn’t given much thought to the reality of the dish – until, that is, Patrick Gosbee wrote in with an appeal. “In most supermarkets, the variety of food on sale is amazing: European, Chinese, Indian and other cuisines,” he observed. “But English food is in short supply. I love boiled bacon, but can’t buy tins of pease pudding to go with it from the local stores. I have tried to make my own, without success.”
Unsure what exactly this stuff was, I did a bit of Googling: “boiled legumes... similar in texture to hummus”. No wonder it’s not widely available, I thought. I’ve been chastened for my scepticism by the responses of pease pudding enthusiasts. “I too love eating it with gammon,” replied Jill Pascoe. “Imagine my delight when, while trying to track down another disappearing product (peppermint cordial for my 100-year-old mother), I found tins of it – at Asda. Our nearest Asda is miles away, so I arranged a delivery, and wrote in the ‘Comments’ section: ‘Yes, I do mean 10 tins’”.
For Brian Highe, Patrick’s letter brought back memories: “My mother came from Tyneside, and I remember that, when I visited my grandparents as a child, ham was always served with homemade pease pudding.” As for preparation: “I believe my grandmother boiled yellow split peas into submission, then added salt and pepper before allowing the pudding to set. Nowadays, a food processor would help.”
Avril Wright, meanwhile, had a recommendation: “Those who cannot find a recipe for pease pudding need look no further than Delia Smith’s Frugal Food. When my children were growing up, I often used this recipe, which includes a piece of boiling bacon. Leftover juices make wonderful soup, and any remaining meat is great in a sandwich. The book is very helpful when money is sparse. My edition, battered and splattered, is an eighth impression from 1981.” Have I been missing out? Send your responses here and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of From the Editor PM, to which you can sign up here.
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