The New York Times on the parlour game played by Brits

While the New York Times has a reputation for being the paper of record in the US, the newspaper has a less than stellar record when it comes to its reporting on Brexit and British daily life. In August last year, the paper suggested that until a few years ago Brits were living on a diet of mutton and porridge, and has since gone on to segue Brexit into a restaurant review and suggest people are stockpiling food for 29 March.

Despite being widely mocked for its in-depth studies of British life, it appears though that the paper hasn’t learned its lesson just yet. Yesterday, in a piece on the popularity of French hip-hop artists in the UK, the author opened with a somewhat unfair jibe about Britain being an ‘insular’ place. But what caught Mr S’s eye, was their seemingly bizarre belief that a popular parlour game here involves naming famous Belgians:

Considering London is France’s sixth biggest city, Mr S isn’t sure the ‘insular’ insult really stacks up.