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Autumn, and here comes Mr Hunter on his bicycle to watch you work, cut your pay and threaten you with the sack.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists graphic novel shows how Hunter is also crushed by the system, for he too is a worker with no ownership of the wealth he creates.
You can’t separate health from social care, housing, food and education. When any element of these basics is beyond reach it isn’t possible to thrive.
@FofoMLCV @manwhohasitall We’ve done what we can to include some real workers as well as men, so your daughter doesn’t feel too alienated…
@celebpa @JohnnyVegasReal Happy Birthday Johnny & we hope you’ll be reunited (and recovered) soon
The overseer Hunter is a terrifying figure in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - he can sack people on a whim.
But he’s trapped in a vicious system as well, and his story demonstrates Edwardian ‘burn-out’ with a devastating outcome
@DougieJamison @Phil_Kelly_ Ahhh thanks Dougie! Crass was the most fun to draw, but we have soft spots for Harlow, Bert and of course everyone’s favourite Old Joe Philpot
Been reading @BarristerSecret ‘Fake Law’ all about blaming and claiming, and it reminded me of this scene in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists written and set in 1910. I’m not convinced the foreman’s response here is a defense in law…
It’s fun to draw people’s belongings and make them feel real. Here Nora has matching saucers but not cups, and her teapot has been bashed about a bit. Our grandmother had a teapot like this, metal with squiggly lines all over - I’d love to find one