Over the last couple of weeks I have noticed various articles appearing in the national press where journalists have admitted shopping in supermarkets other than Waitrose. The condescending way some have written about finding decent food elsewhere is yet another example of the extremely annoying London-centric nature of our newspapers.
Some of us have been shopping in Lidl, farmshops, Aldi, and elsewhere for quite some time. The most irritating thus far reminded me of the old Punch cartoon, where two white explorers stand before Victoria Falls, surrounded by local inhabitants, and one asks the other: "Do you think they have noticed it?".
Perhaps I should not complain. If the present trend continues, there may even be more than the occasional token restaurant review from outside London in the Independent and Guardian (and no, it doesn't count if the reviewer does a place where they are holidaying).
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