Alexei Sayle, from his current radio show: “Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people.” Which leads, in a way, to the food historian Alberto Grandi, who has declared that any number of Italian culinary traditions don’t really exist, or are American, whichever accrues the most media coverage.
And I suspect Dr Grandi would have got on well with Ashley Atkin, who was disciplined for turning up to her job in a Cheshire primary school having got outside a bottle of wine or more. Although, to be honest, I recall any number of teachers who could only function when rat-arsed....
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This is an entertaining mix of sharp observations and offbeat connections! Alexei Sayle’s take on tradition is brilliantly cutting, and Alberto Grandi’s claims about Italian cuisine add an extra layer of historical mischief.
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