{"id":85310,"date":"2018-04-15T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T05:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-it-in-bad-taste-even-to-talk-about-having-good-taste\/"},"modified":"2018-04-15T12:03:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T05:03:10","slug":"is-it-in-bad-taste-even-to-talk-about-having-good-taste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-it-in-bad-taste-even-to-talk-about-having-good-taste\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it in bad taste even to talk about having good taste?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIn an age of democratised opinion, is talk of taste now merely the province of shameless snobs, or are we secretly all still at it?The interior designer Nicky Haslam has produced a new tea towel listing \u201cThings Nicky Haslam Finds Common\u201d, which include, but are not limited to: scented candles, celebrity chefs, Ibiza, not eating carbs, confidence, personal trainers, pronouncing the \u201ce\u201d in furore, expensive bikes, Halloween, jazz and saying \u201cbye bye\u201d. I sat with this for a while, as I encourage you to do too (further down the tea towel is \u201cjet lag\u201d and \u201cloving your parents\u201d) and considered the trouble with taste.Things Nicky Haslam finds common include scented candles, celebrity chefs, Ibiza, expensive bikes and jazz Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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