{"product_id":"9781910401842","title":"Thatcher's Children by Craig Easton","description":"Thatcher's Children was born out of a series first made in 1992 focusing on two parents and six children living in a hostel for homeless families in Blackpool, England. The project was made in response to a speech by Peter Lilley, then Secretary of State for Social Security, in which he announced his determination to `close down the something-for-nothing society.' French newspaper Lib?ration dispatched a journalist to northern England to find out what this society looked like, and Easton was commissioned to take the accompanying photographs. His resulting monochrome images of the overcrowded two-bedroom council flat in Blackpool sparked a reaction by both the public and the press. His images attached human faces and nuanced realities to a group of people casually maligned by politicians and media as an `underclass of scroungers.'\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308478738805,"sku":"9781910401842","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781910401842.jpg?v=1762807727","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781910401842","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}