I have previously discussed two Donald McGill comic postcards about the dole which I rather admired. I have now found another McGill 'commentary' on the dole which I admire less. However, it does mean that McGill drew and marketed at least four comic ('comic'?) designs about the dole during the 1930s. See Section 4.3 in… Continue reading New McGill Dole Postcard!
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New Article: the Value of Love on the Dole – Short-term or Long-term?
The Times in 1935 thought the play was powerful, but only of interest while the Depression lasted, and the Crewe Chronicle in 1967 asserted that Love on the Dole was no longer of any interest now that unemployment was a thing of the past (a little over-optimistic there perhaps?). In 1933 the Times Literary Supplement… Continue reading New Article: the Value of Love on the Dole – Short-term or Long-term?
Walter Greenwood: Not Just Love on the Dole 