Basket of life: From corsets to iPhones a leading historian explains how Britain shopping basket has told the story of our lives | Mail Online: "To the ordinary Briton in 1947, the prospect of dining on an oven-ready joint, logging on to an internet dating agency or relaxing in front of a gigantic flat-screen TV with a glass of Prosecco would have seemed like something from science fiction.
Yet when you contemplate the new shopping basket from the Office of National Statistic (ONS), which is used to calculate changes in the cost of living, you realise how far we have travelled as a nation since the first retail price index was devised after World War II.
This year, as always, has brought eye-catching changes — with sparkling wine banishing the four-pack of lager and smart-phone ‘apps’ replacing mobile phone ringtones. More than ever, it seems, we British are a fickle lot — slaves to the latest innovation."
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