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Working class
The modernisers of postwar Britain forgot one vital ingredient
The modernisers of postwar Britain forgot one vital ingredient
Our class system is unchanged since the Victorian times. That's why we're in such a mess
Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?
Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?
Letters: Stop assuming everyone with a house is somehow rich and without problems
Letters: Stop assuming everyone with a house is somehow rich and without problems
Why working as a butcher's boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI
Why working as a butcher's boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI
The middle class sucked the fun out of owning a dog and football. What's next?
The middle class sucked the fun out of owning a dog and football. What's next?
Stephen Graham and Steven Knight on class, boxing and new drama A Thousand Blows
Stephen Graham and Steven Knight on class, boxing and new drama A Thousand Blows
Clara Amfo: 'You will never lose learning about how somebody else lives differently to you'
Clara Amfo: 'You will never lose learning about how somebody else lives differently to you'
Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out
Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out
Brassic writer Danny Brocklehurst on Thatcher, bull semen and why TV needs working-class people
Brassic writer Danny Brocklehurst on Thatcher, bull semen and why TV needs working-class people
The Piano's Brad Kella: 'I want to see kids in the care system reach their dreams'
The Piano's Brad Kella: 'I want to see kids in the care system reach their dreams'
How chicken factory musical Chuck Chuck Baby became a love letter to working-class women
How chicken factory musical Chuck Chuck Baby became a love letter to working-class women
Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower
Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower
The Gathering creator: 'It's class, even more than ethnicity, blocking fair representation on TV'
The Gathering creator: 'It's class, even more than ethnicity, blocking fair representation on TV'
The problem with UK's film industry? It's easier to win an Oscar if you went to private school
The problem with UK's film industry? It's easier to win an Oscar if you went to private school
It's self interest that keeps our class system exactly where it is
It's self interest that keeps our class system exactly where it is
John Bird: Birthday reflections conjure hopeful feelings
John Bird: Birthday reflections conjure hopeful feelings
Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better
Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better
TV historian David Olusoga: 'My family were driven from our home by the National Front'
TV historian David Olusoga: 'My family were driven from our home by the National Front'
Artist Sarah Lucas on tits, making something out of nothing and 'living in quite terrible times'
Artist Sarah Lucas on tits, making something out of nothing and 'living in quite terrible times'
Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK's biggest issues
Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK's biggest issues
Robert Carlyle interview: 'The Full Monty is highly political'
Robert Carlyle interview: 'The Full Monty is highly political'
Dougray Scott: 'Working-class anger comes in waves'
Dougray Scott: 'Working-class anger comes in waves'
Stopgap politics won't cut it. We need proper forward planning
Stopgap politics won't cut it. We need proper forward planning
Cash Carraway on Rain Dogs: 'We always see working-class stories through a middle-class gaze'
Cash Carraway on Rain Dogs: 'We always see working-class stories through a middle-class gaze'
I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven't solved it
