sarah attfield

3 min read 2022-01-24 20:06:07

Working-Class Scholars and Activists Bringing Change

At the beginning of 2021, I asked whether life for working-class people would get any better now that everyone understood that working-class people

3 min read 2021-12-06 19:08:38

A recent crop of TV shows — Maid, Succession, Squid Game — have demonstrated that being rich doesn’t lead to happiness. Family, friendship,

1 min read 2021-09-20 18:22:04

Linda Porter as Myrtle in Superstore In the US sitcom Superstore (2015-2021), one of the characters, Myrtle, is an elderly store assistant who is

5 min read 2021-04-26 18:54:47

On the afternoon of Saturday, September 23rd, 1933, Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) played Liverpool in a match at Tottenham’s home ground, White Hart

4 min read 2021-01-11 19:21:03

During 2020, Working-Class Perspectives touched on many COVID-related topics and showed how working-class people around the world were being

4 min read 2020-08-24 19:13:28

The Covid19 pandemic has highlighted many inequalities experienced by working-class people — insecure work, unsafe work places, access to health

4 min read 2020-04-06 18:42:23

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted class inequalities. Commentators in the US, UK, and Australia are acknowledging that working-class people are

4 min read 2019-12-09 20:05:20

With the UK general election looming, there has been renewed interest in the effects of years of austerity measures on poor and working-class people.

4 min read 2019-06-23 19:06:58

In 2016, I wrote about how Ken Loach’s film I, Daniel Blake illustrated the impact of the draconian British welfare system on working-class people.

4 min read 2019-04-22 18:52:00

When Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire in Paris on April 15, 400 firefighters were deployed to tackle the blaze. One of those workers was seriously