Matt Bromley

1 week ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Matt Bromley

"People would mock my accent," he said. But it didn't faze him. He told the BBC that, "I'd look at their artworks and I'd think, well, if I drew like that, I'd keep my mouth shut."I’ve been a Hockney fan my whole life. I used to live a stone’s throw from Salts Mill and would visit the gallery most weekends. My parents, who vaguely knew Hockney’s brother, lived near the artist’s seafront home in Bridlington. So, you could say there’s long been an affinity.

1 month ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Matt Bromley

I argued that, since ‘mobility’ means movement, social mobility implies people moving out of the working classes, leaving behind all that they are and identify with. What we want instead, I said, is social justice, which is about celebrating people’s roots, while simultaneously ensuring those roots don’t take a stranglehold of their life chances. Social justice is about ensuring opportunities are earned not inherited. And that’s never been more important – especially in education.

1 month ago | routledge.com | Matt Bromley

Table of Contents Book Description Critics' Reviews 1st Edition By Matt Bromley Copyright 2025 188 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations by Routledge 188 Pages 40 B/W Illustrations by Routledge Every child, no matter their starting point or background and no matter their additional and different needs, should have an equitable chance of success at school.

1 month ago | sec-ed.co.uk | Matt Bromley

Equity in the education system has never been more important. We live in an increasingly unequal, fractured society, and schools, as microcosms of that society, are becoming increasingly unequal, fractured institutions. Schools cannot solve all of society’s ills, of course, and nor should they be expected to, but they can do more to ensure a child’s birth is not their destiny.

2 months ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Matt Bromley

The perpetrator is the victim's 13-year-old classmate, Jamie, who’s been indoctrinated by Incel influencers on social media. We see in real-time (each hour-long episode is filmed in a single take) the impact of the crime on Jamie and his family. It is one of the best TV dramas I've ever seen, and it is made, almost exclusively, by working-class creatives from the north of England.