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Are The Working Class Kept Away From The Arts?

24/04/2018 Trebuchet News

Have you ever felt that your less then welcome in the creative industry? Check your accent! (read more)

What the Dickens! The End of the Social Climber?

09/03/2018 Michael Eden

Is it possible to feel a warm glow when we consider the poor and underprivilaged of our own country? Can we still climb the social ladder? (read more)

Still Not Listening: Meryl Streep Fails to Charm the Hicks

14/01/2017 Phil Rockstroh

Meryl’s message may have been astute, but if it ain’t coming from a blue collar hick, it’s just preaching to the choir. (read more)

Deplorable Lives Matter : Why Sneering at Proles Doesn’t Work Either

05/11/2016 Phil Rockstroh

Angry alienated American whites are not a Trump invention, and patronising them won’t make them go away (read more)

All Wrong: the misguided adventures of an art world hero (Grayson Perry)

26/05/2016 Michael Eden

The roving potter lines up his newest quaint exhibits: the northern working classes (read more)

Chavs and Austerity

15/02/2014 Lisa Muggeridge

For those of us caught in austerity, there was no shock. Austerity is a forced return home. (read more)

Why ‘Chav’ is a Feminist Issue

03/08/2013 Rhian E Jones

The discourse around ‘chavs’ can be a cover for denigrating the social agency and sexual autonomy of working-class women, as well as wider political attacks on the working class.
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