Series Two - Episode One - Welcome to the North?

After a break for various projects including Matt's trip to South America and Adrian's to the Midwest of the USA and various publishing work we return with a new series of Grim Up North. Focussing on the issue of immigration to the North and the welcome (or not) we have extended to those who arrive here from other shores.

Our interview was with Zaiba Malik about her book 'We Are Muslim Please'. For more about Zaiba click here Thanks to Lemn Sissay for such a brilliant poem and to Fahaan for his love letter to Bradford. See episodes 33 and 34 of this podcast Working Class History for more of Tariq Mehmood and the Asian Youth Movements in Bradford. Finally thanks as ever to Ken Loach for his wonderful latest film The Old Oak. Some of the voices in the opening sequence are from this powerful movie. For More on this Film.