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Why Aren't We Angrier About the Price of Food? Lewis Bassett: In Sheffield on the morning of 14 April 1812, a group of unemployed men who had been ordered to dig the foundations for a new cemetery downed their tools. Rather than dig graves, the men marched on empty stomachs to the marketplace where their numbers swelled with hundreds of other out of work artisans. The crowd stole vegetables, fish, grain and butter, believing their prices to be unfairly inflated, before proceeding to an arms depot where they looted and smashed the rifles stored there. The uprising, involving some 5000 people, happened amid a war in Europe that undermined Britain's ability to trade. Unemployment had increased and food prices had rocketed. Today South Yorkshire is calm. On a cold, clear afternoon in February, I stood outside a Tesco store in Rotherham, an area that is more deprived than 80% of the country, to try and find out if high food prices still make people angry.  CONTINUE READING ➡︎ Picks of the week... OPINION Does Jeremy Hunt Hate Children? by Edie Miller The chancellor's recent budget announcement of 30 hours of free childcare for one and two-year-olds is too little, too late. Read more... REPORT More London Asylum Seekers Are Refusing to Be Flung Across the Country by Profit-Seeking Private Companies by Charlotte England Exclusive: A second group of asylum seekers are resisting removal out of London, to isolated hotels threatened by the far right. Read more... READ MORE ON NOVARAMEDIA.COM ➡︎ Represent Novara Media. Support our journalism. BROWSE THE SHOP ➡︎ To swing more weight, we need resources. 50 - 70% of everything sold in our shop goes directly to sustaining and developing Novara Media. The rest covers the costs of making it.  VISIT THE SHOP ➡︎ Copyright © 2022 Thousand Hands Ltd. All rights reserved. Thousand Hands Ltd is a private company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales #11245029. Its registered address is 10 Bridge Street, Christchurch, BH23 1EF. Novara Media is a trading name of Thousand Hands Ltd and, as such, the individual shall have no personal liability arising out of such communication, and liability or obligation rests solely with Novara Media. Opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions set out in the relevant terms of business and are not necessarily agreed or authorised by Thousand Hands Ltd. We have taken all reasonable precautions to ensure that no viruses are transmitted from Novara Media to any third party. Novara Media accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this email or the contents. Novara Media is regulated by IMPRESS, the independent press regulator.

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