Tiaras, taxidermy and tea rooms: Are you posh enough for our Class Unit?

Tiaras, taxidermy and tea rooms: Are you posh enough for our Class Unit?

Author: The Telegraph September 17, 2026 Duration: 36:44

On this week’s episode of The Poshcast, we tackle the dirtiest c-word of all: class. 


Sophia Money-Coutts and Cleo Watson react to Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson’s new initiative to tackle class inequality by launching their very own—and completely ridiculous—Class Unit for Posh People. Do you have a family tiara? Have you ever eaten fried antler fur on toast? Does your house have five ghosts, or a cadet branch grubbing about in the dirt? Listen to find out… 


Plus, Sophia and Cleo tackle a burning listener question from Winona in Dorset: what are the proper—and posh—words for private parts when speaking to children. From stud farm sex-education trauma to calling a spade a spade, no subject is left unexamined.


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Highlights:

  • Should class be a protected status?
  • Sophia and Cleo launch their own completely ridiculous Class Unit for posh people.



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