Art is for everyone

Every few months, another editorial lands (today's was from The Guardian). Another lament about the “working class and the arts.” Another sermon from London about how Manchester, or some other city, will “lead the way.” And every time, the same lazy phrase gets wheeled out: working class. Let’s be clear: it’s 2025, and that term no longer fits. It’s a label that serves the people who use it, not the people it’s supposed to describe. It turns flesh-and-blood lives into categories. “Working class