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'Cours, camarade, le vieux monde est derrière toi!'

I wrote this some time ago, when the French were striking over pension reform. I never published it because I … Continue reading

No Redemption: Keith Pattison’s photographs of the miners’ strike

“There’s very little community in Easington now. The pit was the lifeblood of the place, socially and economically, and things went downhill as soon as it closed. People moved out and houses and shops got boarded up. The benefit culture took hold. Eventually, there were drugs raids and stabbings in our street, so we moved away 11 years ago.” Continue reading