How toasters found a special warm place in our hearts | Stephen Bayley
by Stephen Bayley from on (#YC6W)
The squabbling over a threatened ban on toasters at Bradford town hall is a reminder of how significant this small domestic appliance is to our lives
In the noble environment of Lockwood and Mawson's imperial Victorian town hall in Bradford, a symbol of domestic felicity has suddenly become a symbol of ideological conflict. Officials, in thrall to the Stalinist protocols of health and safety, are threatening to ban the Conservative councillors' toaster, which occupies an altar-like position in the shrine that is their town hall kitchen. The stated reason is fire risk, although some may suspect that an emasculation of toast-loving Tory alpha males is a more likely rationale.
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