Of well-off managers on Zoom ordering their shopping to be delivered, even while carers are paid nothing when seriously ill. Just down the road was the city centre, with its swanky shops and cultural festivals, but no one I spoke to at the hub went there. Even academics at the university, who last week joined the national strike action, have not seen much of its rewards. Yet every week, he spent 60 hours on university business, supervising teenagers who had spent thousands of pounds for his teaching. Aditya Chakrabortty is a Guardian columnistSome names have been changed to protect the identities of people interviewed.

Source: The Guardian December 09, 2021 22:30 UTC