Working class
How chicken factory musical Chuck Chuck Baby became a love letter to working-class women
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How chicken factory musical Chuck Chuck Baby became a love letter to working-class women
Louise Brealey and Janis Pugh, star and writer-director of this summer’s best British indie film, Chuck Chuck Baby, on class, women and representation
Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower
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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'
![Eva Morgan and Sonny Walker in The Gathering](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/The-Gathering-3.jpg?w=768)
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
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John Bird: Birthday reflections conjure hopeful feelings
Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better
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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'
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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'
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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
![David Olusoga at the derelict former Ravenscraig steelworks site in Motherwell](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/David-Olusoga-HERO1.jpg?w=768)
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'
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Robert Carlyle interview: 'The Full Monty is highly political'
Dougray Scott: 'Working-class anger comes in waves'
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Dougray Scott: 'Working-class anger comes in waves'
Stopgap politics won't cut it. We need proper forward planning
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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'
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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
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I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven't solved it
Bullseye was more than just speedboats - it was a record of the working-class being left behind
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