Ages ago when I was still teaching English in Germany, one of the students tried to persuade me of the cultural ties between Friesland and the UK because of the drinking of tea with milk.
I think the latter may be falling out of favour in the UK in its traditional form. I know my parents always made tea in a teapot, poured it into cups, and then poured revolting amounts of milk in after. (Seriously, there was almost more milk than tea!)
But I'm more of a coffee drinker, and so are most of the people I encounter. Though I don't know – these things go in cycles. The next generations may decide to flood instagram with photos of tea parties and 'shall I be mother?' or elegantly coiffed young things accessorising mugs of strong, sweet builder's tea.
Re: theatre. When I was going with my parents in the nineties/start of the millennium, I did put on smart clothes and it seemed that most other people did too. (Context: this was the provinces not London). I know I also stopped bothering at some point, but I'm not sure when that was. One factor could have been the economic crash; another might have been exposure to the Globe with its casualness, pantomimic acting style to cope with the conditions, and its groundlings. Once Globed, always Globed.
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Date: 2025-01-15 07:09 pm (UTC)I think the latter may be falling out of favour in the UK in its traditional form. I know my parents always made tea in a teapot, poured it into cups, and then poured revolting amounts of milk in after. (Seriously, there was almost more milk than tea!)
But I'm more of a coffee drinker, and so are most of the people I encounter. Though I don't know – these things go in cycles. The next generations may decide to flood instagram with photos of tea parties and 'shall I be mother?' or elegantly coiffed young things accessorising mugs of strong, sweet builder's tea.
Re: theatre. When I was going with my parents in the nineties/start of the millennium, I did put on smart clothes and it seemed that most other people did too. (Context: this was the provinces not London). I know I also stopped bothering at some point, but I'm not sure when that was. One factor could have been the economic crash; another might have been exposure to the Globe with its casualness, pantomimic acting style to cope with the conditions, and its groundlings. Once Globed, always Globed.