Give and take

Shilpa Shetty’s commendably stiff-upper-lippish response to bullying by grisly uber-chav Jade Goody on Big Brother prompted some commentators to note that archetypal British qualities are now more frequently to be found in India than in the mother country.

I was somewhat sceptical about this claim, until I read that Liz Hurley had to wait for the Indian leg of her absurdly protracted nuptials for the traditional Wedding Punch-up.

Can't get much more British than that.