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Stuart Maconie

Wednesday 2nd September 2020

Venue
Greenside Church, 1b Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5AB
Doors Open
7.40pm
Start Time
8pm
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This event will not take place on 2nd September – we are working to get a new rescheduled date and will be in touch with those of you who have booked places soon. Thank you for bearing with us!

In this timely and provocative book, Stuart Maconie tells the story of Britain’s Welfare State through his own history of growing up as a northern working class boy. What was so bad about properly funded hospitals, decent working conditions and affordable houses? And what was so wrong about student grants, free eye tests and council houses? And where did it all go so wrong? Stuart looks toward Britain’s future, making an emotional case for believing in more than profit and loss; and championing a just, fairer society.

“It was the spirit of our finest hour, the backbone of our post-war greatness, and it promoted some of the boldest and most brilliant schemes this isle has ever produced: it was the Welfare State, and it made you and I.  But now it’s under threat, and we need to save it.”

‘He is as funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell’ – Observer