When Girls Fight
When the lasses piled in in Noughties Scarborough, the motives were not always what they seemed.
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I’m a Leaseholder Get Me Out of Here!
Buying a council house is supposed to give working-class people the rights and privileges of middle-class homeowners. But it doesn’t.
Don’t Kill Count Crabula!
For my Punjabi-Malaysian family, preparing food was an act of love. Although that love did not extend to crustaceans.
Why DO chavs wear tracksuits?
I still love them, but in Tesco they can bring no end of trouble.
In Search of The Perfect Mushroom Omelette
When she’s better, I’m finally going to make one for my mum.
Working Class? Congratulations, you’re a fashion accessory
In Wales, Nigel Farage is using nostalgia, work and class as weapons.
The Working Class Library Episode 3: Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Craig McLean joins us to consider the place of Irvine Welsh’s novel in our library.
An Introduction to Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Whatever you think about Trainspotting, 30 years after publications, it’s a book that deserves to be taken seriously.
The Thin Places of the South Wales Valleys
A 25-year love affair that started in a nightclub, and ended in communion with the history of a people.
The Fugitives
**“In seaside towns, you find most people have come to escape something. That’s what brought me too, really.”** Photographer Carmina Ripollés on finding friendship among the sandcastles, arcades and ice-creams
Terminus
**“So if you ask me what motivates me to write about buses, it’s that so little attention is paid to the significance they have for people who have no other means of getting around. The quality of their commute is their quality of life.”**
As Council as They Come
If you don’t understand why the Beckhams are working class heroes, maybe you don’t understand the working class.
