Cultural divide

‘I went to Castle Howard at the weekend’

‘Leeds Castle?’

‘No, Castle Howard’ (by way of explanation) ‘It’s in Yorkshire’ (this is going down well, these southerners clearly don’t think we have stately homes ‘up north’) ‘They filmed Brideshead Revisited there’

‘Ohhhh!’ ( a glimmer of interest)

‘I went to the Ryedale Food and Drink Festival…well, I went to see James Martin’

‘Who?’ (this is going really well)

‘James Martin,… the chef…he does Saturday Kitchen’

(suddenly, I’ve struck a chord) ‘Ohhh, is he the young one? I like him!’

Ever wish you hadn’t bothered?!