A Class of Our Own
The world needs more working-class writers. The Bee is going to find, nurture and publish them.
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Hickling Hands
**“From the top of the hilly field, he looked down to the factories where he used to work, dog treats, loose change and his phone jangling in his fleece pocket.”** Mie Murasa looks back on her friendship with her grandad in Noughties Sheffield.
On the Joys of Secretly Reading at Work
Are books more enjoyable when read in unusual places?
Class & the Health Lottery
Why can’t all the fat, lazy, poor people be as healthy and successful as right-wing political commentators?
The Working Class Library Episode 2: Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel
Louise Doughty joins us to consider the place of Hilary Mantel’s memoir in our library.
An Introduction to Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel
Her working-class background was overlooked, but the double-Booker winner said it determined how she saw the world.
The Working Class Library Episode 1: New Grub Street by George Gissing
Gissing expert Simon James joins us to consider how **New Grub Street** became so topical again, and to ask if it deserves a place in our fantasy library.
An Introduction to New Grub Street
How the troubled George Gissing inspired Orwell, and foretold the influence of Amazon, BookTok and poverty porn.
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Hickling Hands
**“From the top of the hilly field, he looked down to the factories where he used to work, dog treats, loose change and his phone jangling in his fleece pocket.”** Mie Murasa looks back on her friendship with her grandad in Noughties Sheffield.
A Class of Our Own
The world needs more working-class writers. The Bee is going to find, nurture and publish them.
On the Joys of Secretly Reading at Work
Are books more enjoyable when read in unusual places?
Class & the Health Lottery
Why can’t all the fat, lazy, poor people be as healthy and successful as right-wing political commentators?
