Working class
Who can afford to work in television?

Who can afford to work in television?
Class inequality in television means talent is being lost and vital stories are not being told, writes Professor Beth Johnson
I wrote a play about grief and working class men. Now I want blokes from the pub to come and see it

I wrote a play about grief and working class men. Now I want blokes from the pub to come and see it
Joe Mallalieu, the man behind new play RUM, is on a mission to get blokes talking about their mental health
What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?

What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?
The discourse around class drowns out plans for progress, all before those actually affected have even cleared their throats, writes Kate Pasola
Olivier-winning theatre maker Jamie Eastlake: ‘Northern voices need to be heard’
Olivier-winning theatre maker Jamie Eastlake: ‘Northern voices need to be heard’
What’s the most important part of any urban landscape? The people who inhabit it
What’s the most important part of any urban landscape? The people who inhabit it
Working-class women like Angela Rayner can’t win in politics when they’re demonised in the press

Working-class women like Angela Rayner can’t win in politics when they’re demonised in the press
Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed

Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed
Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker: ‘We only have a finite amount of time to do the things we do’

Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker: ‘We only have a finite amount of time to do the things we do’
The modernisers of postwar Britain forgot one vital ingredient

The modernisers of postwar Britain forgot one vital ingredient
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?
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
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’
