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...religion and enterprise, the foundation pillars of the British middle classes in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. While the BBC programme explores cultural and material histories, usually in relation to costumes of display, the stories they have to tell of ordinary women’s daily lives remain hidden. So in arguing her thesis, Foreman actually flattens the history...

...religion. Trump’s choice, Mike Pence, will need to establish himself as a known quantity with all those citizens outside his home state of Indiana, and the convention is his first and best chance. This means giving his audience a sense of himself as a person as well as a politician. Sarah Palin, John McCain’s ill-fated 2008 running mate, is a good parallel here....

...backgrounds go on to grammar schools, and those from less privileged backgrounds, go to non-grammars. Here class trumps religion, as parents from both Catholic and Protestant middle classes are equally determined to preserve this situation given the excellent results grammar schools on both sides have at GCSE and A level providing successful entry into University....