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Key Workers Poster (2020) by Craig Oldham, Manchester Art Gallery

In February 2020, Home Secretary Priti Patel outlined the UK’s new points-based immigration system, categorising those who earned less than £25,000 as ‘low-skilled’ or ‘unskilled’. Yet, as soon as Covid hit, these same people were termed ‘key workers’ and celebrated.

Craig’s clever artwork, made up of hundreds of job titles, is a reminder that everyone who works in the service of society is deserving of our respect and of our praise.

Earlier Event: January 4
Commemorative coin, British Museum
Later Event: January 18
Dollhouse, Paisley Museum