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February 17, 2024

The Death of an Industry and Its Detritus

The loss of an industry in a small, remote town can also mean the loss of an entire community built up around that industry. The sketch beside the photo is modelled on the often-fractured arthritic hands of a long time labourer at the place depicted in the photo. Both of whom I know well. *The Continue reading

Catch-All, Social and Political Commentary

class, closure, education, labor, labour, labourer, remote, retrain, rural, social class, unemployment, working class
April 26, 2019

Community and Alienation, 4 Vignettes

A Community of Sufferers* I’m having a meal with my husband at a pub in Bristol, delighting in the warm and jovial conversation of the three older men having a pint at the neighbouring table. By their camaraderie, I assume they’ve had a long history together, probably meeting at this very pub over many years. As Continue reading

Catch-All

addiction, alientation, class, companionship, divides, grief, homeless, hunger, isolation, labor, laborer, labour, labourer, lonliness, loss, mental health, rural, signs, small town, social, street, working class