Working class

Stephen Graham and Steven Knight on class, boxing and new drama A Thousand Blows
TV

Stephen Graham and Steven Knight on class, boxing and new drama A Thousand Blows

Steven Knight’s new series about boxing and crime and survival in the East End of London packs a punch. Stephen Graham and Malachi Kirby join the writer to explain how boxing was a means of survival

Clara Amfo: ‘You will never lose learning about how somebody else lives differently to you’
Film

Clara Amfo: ‘You will never lose learning about how somebody else lives differently to you’

Clara Amfo thinks that accessibility in the arts – and supporting people of colour, working class and LGBTQ+ people in the fil industry – is of the ‘most paramount importance’

Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out
Robin Ince

Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out

January is the time for looking at the year ahead, so I’m asking how we can make the Edinburgh Fringe more affordable for the people who make it

Brassic writer Danny Brocklehurst on Thatcher, bull semen and why TV needs working-class people
Danny Brocklehurst

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’
Music

The Piano’s Brad Kella: ‘I want to see kids in the care system reach their dreams’

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How chicken factory musical Chuck Chuck Baby became a love letter to working-class women
Film

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
Music

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’
Helen Walsh

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
Film

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 
John Bird

It’s self interest that keeps our class system exactly where it is 

John Bird: Birthday reflections conjure hopeful feelings
John Bird

John Bird: Birthday reflections conjure hopeful feelings

Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better
Film

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’
Letter to my younger self

TV historian David Olusoga: ‘My family were driven from our home by the National Front’

Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK’s biggest issues
Social mobility

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’
Miniseries

Robert Carlyle interview: ‘The Full Monty is highly political’

Dougray Scott: ‘Working-class anger comes in waves’
interview

Dougray Scott: ‘Working-class anger comes in waves’

Stopgap politics won’t cut it. We need proper forward planning
John Bird

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’
interview

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
Opinion

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
James McMahon

Bullseye was more than just speedboats – it was a record of the working-class being left behind