Horse faced posho or Red Wall Tory? Rate your social class by how long you leave your teabag in

TEA. Whether it’s high tea at Claridges or low tea in some ghastly greasy spoon, it’s the measure of how you rank in Britain. What does the length of time you leave your bag in say about you?

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Knightmare contestants, and other people whose lives peaked in childhood

THEY were the envy of the whole school when they were twelve, but for these people life was all downhill from that point:

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