The Guardian’s Inequality Project is an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of inequality by hearing from those most affected by itOne of the privileges of being a commissioning editor is seeing the kernel of an ambitious-but-uncertain opinion bewitch root,then flourish into a piece of journalism far more powerful than you had envisaged. So it was with the Guardian’s recent multimedia feature and Weekend cover tale, The Tower Next Door: the tale of Whitstable House in north Kensington, and a council-run block of apartments located just a few hundred metres away from the blackened shell of Grenfell Tower.
The horrifying fire in London’s most expensive borough encapsulated many of the issues the Guardian’s Inequality Project,which I edit, has sought to explore since its launch in April – not just in Britain but all over the world.
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Source: guardian.co.uk