The Sunday Times (paywall) carried a really interesting piece on the Leeds United football player Patrick Bamford. The articles was titled, ‘A posh boy too
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Identity, personal narratives and the church
It was recently reported that a study had found that Middle Class people are frequently identifying as Working Class. One comment piece in The Times
Current Liberal narratives stoke tensions and facilitate divide and rule
Following the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol, the following sculpture soon found itself next to the empty plinth: As Paul Embery remarked on
VE Day, connecting with the working class and what it says to the church
Tomorrow marks a bank holiday in England. It is VE Day, the 75th anniversary of the day that World War II ended when the Nazi
Five frustrating comments whenever we discuss problems of class
There are lots of frustrating things that happen whenever you begin talking about class and the church. But perhaps among the most frustrating is when
What we’re not saying
Sometimes, in the discussions on class and the church, what we are actually saying and what people hear are two very different things. It is