SIM Ep 557 Chops 229: The joy and importance of working-class writers

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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If you’ve been enjoying our working-class content recently – Hannah’s interviews with Sophie Willan and Lynsey Hanley, and our chats about the film Rocks and the documentary Harlan County USA are all well worth your ears – then here's another doozy for you, as Mick chats with writer Natasha Carthew, the founder and director of The Working-Class Writers Festival. Natasha’s everything we love: extremely talented, generous, fiercely proud of being working-class, and a force of nature when it comes to getting fair recognition for working-class – and in particular working-class women – writers in fiction, non-fiction, and for telly and stage. The Working-Class Writers Festival takes place in real life in and around Bristol, but there are also loads of events that can be attended online. Terri White’s there, Cash Carraway’s there, Val McDermid’s there, Sadie Hasler’s there: it’s going to be brilliant. And what’s more, everything is free. Give the festival a follow @ClassFestival on Twitter or visit bristolideas.co.uk to find out more about the many excellent events taking place October 21 to 24. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:06.0	I would like to offer you a job as the host of our cooking show.
0:09.0	Or you can cost.
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0:11.0	Do I need a catchphrase?
0:12.0	I don't know if I think I've never understood what that meant.
0:15.0	You've got something almost no one has.
0:18.0	A platform.
0:19.0	Thank you for seeing something in me that I didn't see in myself.
0:23.0	Children set the table.
0:24.0	Your mother needs a moment to herself.
0:26.0	Lessons in chemistry, streaming on Apple TV Plus.
0:30.0	This half-term embark on an exciting family adventure at Royal Museum's Greenwich.
0:36.0	Climb aboard the world-famous Cutty Sark and experience what life at sea was really like.
0:42.0	Journey through time and space at the Royal Observatory and treat yourself to a show at London's only planetarium.
0:49.0	Plus see history brought to life at the National Maritime Museum.
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1:01.0	This episode of the Standard Issue Podcast is sponsored by AJ Bell Money Matters,
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1:09.0	No doubt you'll have heard us talk about the gender pay gap,
1:12.0	but did you know there's also a gender investment gap in the UK of £1.65 trillion.
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