The downstairs loo: the most British of rooms

Around the world, bathrooms are mainly functional. Whether a hole in the ground in the Amazon or a futuristic outpost in Tokyo, most lavatories are happy to serve their crucial but unglamorous purpose without too much fuss.

The exception to this rule is the British downstairs loo. In this peculiar lair, anything goes, except taste or decorum. Minor aristocrats will merrily display semi-pornographic Victorian postcards. Otherwise more modest adults hang up old school reports, or pictures of themselves at the seaside as a baby.

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