Saturday 15 October, 2011
10:00am
Montpellier Gardens
Cheltenham
GL50 1SD
Fee: £7
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Speakers
- Jose Harris (Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford)
- Owen Jones (author of Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class)
- Shiv Malik (journalist, author of Jilted Generation: How Britain Bankrupted Its Youth)
- Chaired by Julia Wheeler
Details
Public debate about poverty today has seen a return of the Victorian-era distinction between the “undeserving” and “deserving” poor. Jose Harris, Shiv Malik and Owen Jones discuss why society is again debating who deserves state support and who doesn’t.
Links
- George Orwell: Down and Out in Paris and London
- George Orwell: A Clergyman’s Daughter
- George Orwell: The Road to Wigan Pier
- Launch 2011: Poverty and the Spending Review (video)
- Orwell – A Celebration 2009: Coming Up for Air, Unemployment and Uncertainty (video)