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Richard Benson

@_richardbenson

Author, The Farm (2005) and The Valley (2014). Contributing editor, Esquire. Interested in books, popular culture, C20th social history.

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It was an honour to share space on Countryfile with the fabulous DWAYNE FIELDS FRGS this evening. Please support his work - the torrent of abuse under this tweet is astoundingly sickening. I couldn’t go on reading - we need to call this out at every opportunity!

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🎉 Launching the New Narratives for the North East podcast & narrative series where 15 writers look beyond the rhetoric of the current moment to capture something deeper about the #NorthEast and its people. Listen to Episode 1 now: 🔊 soundcloud.com/new-writing-no…

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“You can make amazing friendships volunteering to help refugees with Care4Calais.” - Katey, Care4Calais volunteer, London To find out more go to care4calais.org/get-involved

“You can make amazing friendships volunteering to help refugees with Care4Calais.”

- Katey, Care4Calais volunteer, London

To find out more go to care4calais.org/get-involved
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Our CEO Steve Smith makes the point here that while the Government has made an issue of the barge, the primary issue remains the backlog of asylum claims.

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Very proud to see 3 working-class writers from our Writing Chance programme featured in the The Mirror. Emma Astra, Zainab Amer & sunita thind . great writers, so it’s fantastic to see them published with the support of New Writing North , Michael Sheen & Mirror journalists

Very proud to see 3 working-class writers from our Writing Chance programme featured in the <a href="/DailyMirror/">The Mirror</a>. Emma Astra, Zainab Amer &amp; <a href="/sunitathind/">sunita thind</a> . great writers, so it’s fantastic to see them published with the support of <a href="/NewWritingNorth/">New Writing North</a> , Michael Sheen &amp; Mirror journalists
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❤️ Last point is so true. Among younger people we talk to, nepotism is the most commonly mentioned example of class privilege: