Bags I agree. As I said on a previous post some can get too hung up on the papers they read, and it seems almost daily on Gransnet all roads lead to the Daily Mail on one post or another. I don't feel we should have to defend our reading matter, it's a personal choice. I like others on this site read a cross section which include The Times, The Independent, we used to take the Observer on Sundays but my husband switched to the Sunday Times because he prefers their financial pages, I was annoyed at the time because I was used to the Observer's format and I still get it up on line. Worst of all we sometimes take the much criticised Daily Mail which as we are frequently and no doubt reliably informed on Gransnet is the route to all evil and defines its readers as small minded, judgemental, homophobic and no doubt racist as well! As far as falling into a minority category I think many could look into our respective backgrounds and find we are not what the Americans would term as "WASPS" I know that certainly applies to me one of my grandparents was an immigrant as were three great grandparents, one of my closest friends of well over 30 years is West Indian, I just don't think it's a big deal!