Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers classics & poetry and a “modern classic …

and a “modern classic … rich and essential” ( Los Angeles Times Book Review )

Film Noir Light and Shadow explores an era before CGI – a time when every photon mattered and the lighting of a set served a grander purpose than simply rendering its subjects visible

In that frozen moment

summoning up the courage to be heard in a crowded room

Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers classics & poetry and a “modern classic …Working class stories are not always tales of the underprivileged and dispossessed. Common People is a collection of essays, poems and memoir written in celebration, not apology: these are narratives rich in barbed humour, reflecting the depth and texture of working class life, the joy and sorrow, the solidarity and the differences, the everyday wisdom and poetry of the woman at the bus stop, the waiter, the hairdresser. Here, Kit de Waal brings