The demonisation of the working class | Maiden Mother Matriarch 203

When ‘The Likes of Us’ was published almost twenty years ago, the book’s author Michael Collins was described by one critic as a “poetic hooligan.” Despite a fair bit of criticism along these lines, the book went on to win The Orwell Prize, Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing. ‘The Likes of Us’ is a micro-history of Michael’s family, …