Richard and Claire are joined by novelist David Nicholls to consider Sue Townsend’s 1982 novel The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾.

Richard and Claire are joined by novelist Sarah Hall to consider Flora Thompson’s memoir Lark Rise to Candleford.

The award-winning working-class writer’s debut novel treats female desire and relationships with incredible honesty and originality. We caught up with her to talk sex, ambition – and the solace of gar...

The League of Gentlemen star and creator of Bookish on his work, snobbery in the arts, and advice for working-class writers.

Why can’t all the fat, lazy, poor people be as healthy and successful as right-wing political commentators?

Growing up in inner-city London, I know that the fire was a manifestation of decades of systemic contempt for the area’s immigrant and working-class residents.

The artist and author’s hit book had so much in common with her own life that even her friends forgot it wasn’t real. How did this revolutionary portrayal of midlife desire come to inspire a generatio...

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Podcast · New Writing North · The Working Class Library is The Bee’s podcast. Each month Richard Benson, editor of The Bee, and Claire Malcolm, CEO of New Writing North, invite a writer to discuss a b...

How I invented a revolutionary mascara technique at the age of seven, my mum’s lack of appreciation of which still troubles me to this day.

New Writing North’s literary venture The Bee includes magazine and podcast, and is supported by Michael Sheen