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‘Who remembers proper binmen?’ The nostalgia memes that help explain Britain today

‘Who remembers proper binmen?’ The nostalgia memes that help explain Britain today

Yes, come across this many times:

The LSE researchers interviewed successful TV producers, actors and architects who all brushed aside their own private schooling, housing security and material privilege to foreground a single grandparent who was a coal miner.

By Dan Hancox. Originally published 15/11/22.

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