A question for UK listers

[David Gentle]

> Am creating a character of sorts for, uh, sinister
> purposes, need some idea of what the interests of,
> say, a 50-year-old male business executive
> type--beefy, conservative, aggressive, not terribly
> cultured but perhaps aspiring to be so, perhaps
> not--might be.  Music, movies, television, sports,
> clothes, cars, food, drink, smokes, books, even, if at
> all.  Help!  Thanks ...
Golf
Whiskey
Horse racing
You need to have a firm grasp of the class of the person in question. 
Britain maybe relatively classless now (in that you can be working class and 
yet still get a good education) but there's the subtle stain of class on 
every decision we make.
So is he:
Working class.
Middle class
Upper class

Then you have to decide whether he is at the bottom or top of his class ie 
upper, lower or middle. SO Lower upper class would be lower than middle 
upper class but above upper middle class.
Ever seen that skit with Cleese as "upper class" and the 2 Ronnies as middle 
and lower class? It really oughta be on youtube somewhere...

DG