But which social class do you belong to? Using the study, conducted by professor Mike Savage of the London School of Economics and Political Science on behalf of the BBC, you can now find out.

In his new book, Social Class in the 21st Century, Savage delves deeper into the Great British Class Survey findings from 161,000 people. Here, take a look at five information-rich nuggets from ...

The Upper Middleton mother is the social-class equivalent of the Tiger Mother. UMs didn't get where they are thanks only to Air Miles, fake tan, good teeth, blow dries and private schooling.

The BBC's Great British Class Survey has suggested there are seven identifiable social groupings in the UK. It's not easy to see where you fit into the class structure, writes Tom Heyden. I'm 25 ...

As Hoggart noted, writers have been ringing the death knell for the British class system since at least the early 20th Century. Writing an open letter to his friend Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh ...

QUIZ: Which social class are you? Take the New Statesman quiz to find out whether you’re working class, middle class or upper class in the eyes of voters. By Anoosh Chakelian The British public’s idea ...

“The class war is over,” declared Tony Blair in 1999, two years after he became prime minister – the same year he envisioned a new “middle class that will include millions of people who traditionally ...

While Thatcherism understandably resurfaces in many conversations about British social documentary photography towards the end of the 20 th century, the exhibition seeks to ask what working-class ...

The latest annual British Social Attitudes Survey found that 60 per cent of people in the UK now describe themselves as working class – the same level as in 1983 – and concludes that contrary ...

Social class can also influence early language development and performance at school. A 1977 study of five year olds’ speech showed working-class children made greater use of verbs and pronouns, ...

British anthropologist Kate Fox, author of Watching the English, notes that milk in tea also gives off social cues to Britain’s all-important social class system.