OK, we have discovered the Brit equivalent to the brag-and-gag letter: the whinge-and-cringe email/phone call. Could you please pack it in, relatives who we never hear from the rest of the year. We don't want to hear how fucking awful it was for you and how much better we have it.....or the intricate details of your latest home improvement scheme gone unbearably wrong. you say you wonder why we left.....?
