GREY
TOO CLOSE
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Source photograph contributed by George, November 2020.
George is a white man in his 60s. He identifies as British middle-class. He lives in a market town in the East Midlands. George voted to leave the EU.
standing around
in a circle
having a chat
Katharine: I counted them, there’s five and this is [name of county] which actually is in Tier 3 now so, you’re allowed to meet outside in no more than six but yes, but that feels too close doesn’t it?
Matthew: It all looks slightly unnerving, which at no other time that I’ve been alive would it feel weird to have other people just standing around in a circle having a chat.
(Interview with Matthew who participated in the fieldwork conducted in the South West, November 2020. Matthew is in his twenties responding to East Midlands inspired artwork).