working class
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Joelle Taylor: Outside the Grid
Poet. Playwright. Witness to the ones who were never written down. Joelle Taylor speaks here not of legacy but of the…
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Charity and Working Class Community: Teresa Watts on Life as the Pearly Queen of Clapton
When people think about London traditions, their minds usually jump to the monarchy, red telephone boxes or black cabs. Far fewer…
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Bread Alone – Why we can’t run out of working-class writers
Kate Pasola curated and edited Bread Alone, a collection of 33 essays from working-class writers. The book has found wide-spread acclaim…
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Curating working-class art as evidence to our real lives
Beth Hughes is an independent curator focusing on art by artists from working-class backgrounds who has spent over 15 years working…
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Ian Prowse – The gift and graft of the working-class background
The Liverpudlian singer-songwriter pursued his creative dream against the odds of a Northern Council Estate. Sheer grit, determination and the unshakable…
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Sequins, Glitter and the Council Estate: The Beautiful Resourcefulness of Adam Frost
From childhood, Adam’s life has been shaped by sparkling diversity, ingrained resourcefulness and unshakeable resilience. As he embarks on creating his…
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Meg Molloy: The Outside Insider
A freelance arts communications professional grew up where the art world didn’t exist as a possibility. Not withheld. Absent. She fought…
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Sam Oddie — What it Cost to Believe, and the Courage to Continue
A documentary filmmaker from Ashton-under-Lyne, he started making films at fifteen with no contacts, no connections and no route in. At…
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No money, no connection, no deal – working class authors in the publishing world
Born in the Bronx, British-American writer John Lugo-Trebble knew from a young age what it means to have barely anything. When…
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Amie Kirby — The Keeper of Flames
Writer, archivist, community organiser and Arts Emergency Young Trustee — she has spent her life building the spaces that should already…
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