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The kid’s poised behind a gate, slammed shut to stop the pins flying in his face. His chin’s sat on top of it anyway, supreme confidence in his reading of the game. Nothing can hurt him here.
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Spotlight
Lucy Apps’ Outstanding Debut
Gloria Don’t Speak is the hottest working-class novel of Spring 2026. The East London author told us how she wrote it.
Adelle Stripe’s Olfactory Records
The acclaimed poet and author talks to Richard Benson about her acclaimed memoir Base Notes, the books that shaped her, and the all-important subject of crisp flavours.
“Wuthering Heights” Review: Problems Aren’t Only About Race and Class
The issues with Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights run deeper than its awful casting.
A Guide to Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Siobhan McShane’s introduction to the plot, characters and historical background of Frank McCourt’s working-class memoir of growing up in poverty in Ireland in the 1930s and 1940s.
The Working Class Library Episode 5: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ by Sue Townsend
Richard and Claire are joined by novelist David Nicholls to consider Sue Townsend’s 1982 novel The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾.
A Guide to The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend
Georgia Poplett’s introduction to the plot, characters and historical background of Sue Townsend’s novel about a young working-class intellectual in 1980s Leicester.
The Working Class Library Episode 4: Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson
Richard and Claire are joined by novelist Sarah Hall to consider Flora Thompson’s memoir Lark Rise to Candleford.
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Procurement Process Blues
How did it become so hard to get paid what you’re owed?
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?
