Causes of Grenfell fire were entwined with policy decisions driven by saving money Any help the community gets pales in comparison with their loss and trauma The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023
The week in theatre: Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors; Cuckoo; The Sound of Music – review Gillian Slovo’s new verbatim play about the 2017 tragedy is overpowering theatre that doubles as activism; a comedy of iPhone-fixated family dysfunction is hilariously relatable; and the hills are alive again The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023
Grenfell – in the words of survivors at the National Theatre review: moving, heartfelt and important The ensemble cast performs with a quietly furious intensity Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2023
Writer of Grenfell play says people must be jailed for what happened Gillian Slovo’s play at National Theatre uses words of survivors of 2017 fire at west London tower block The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2023
Help to buy has trapped me in an unsellable cladded flat My block failed a fire safety inspection after Grenfell, but the scheme won’t allow me to buy a second property The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023
Anger at Grenfell sprinkler delays which are fitted in just one in FIVE tower blocks The cost of sprinklers is estimated at £500,000 per block. Birmingham City Council has spent £93million on 181 systems in its stock of 188 high-rises – 64% of the sprinkler installations in the survey. Daily Mirror · Jul 1, 2023
Grenfell families call for ‘accountability’ at Glastonbury Festival talk Members of Grenfell United spoke at the festival’s Left Field tent on Sunday afternoon. The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2023
Grenfell anniversary marked by emotional vigils and poignant embrace with firefighters The anniversary of the Grenfell Tower disaster was marked with protests up and down the country, with firefighters forming a guard of honour at one survivors' march in London Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2023
OPINION - Sir Paul McCartney should carry on using AI to finish John Lennon’s songs In the weeks after the Grenfell disaster, the radio was full of ballads, big mournful songs which were sequenced in attempts to give distance and pay respects (DJs don’t really cope well with events as disrupting as this). Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2023
'I survived Grenfell fire and little has changed - the perpetrators should be locked up' Edward Daffarn was on the 16th floor of the 24-storey building when it went up in flames on June 14, 2018. He feels that residents have been abandoned in the six years that have passed Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2023
Grenfell: six years on — ‘we still have to face the traumas of the fire every day’ Today marks 72 months since London woke up to the news of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. For the survivors, the tower continues to cast a heavy shadow over their lives — Katie Strick speaks to them and finds a community still seeking answers Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2023
Anger over ‘unresolved strands’: ‘We should not be in this situation six years after Grenfell’ An annual silent walk will take place in memory of those who died, with people encouraged to wear green to show they are united for justice The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023
‘Frustration over lack of change six years on from Grenfell is turning to anger’ An annual silent walk will take place in memory of those who died, with people encouraged to wear green to show they are united for justice. The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023
Bosses flaunt wealth while firms won't sign pledge to fix safety issues in tower blocks Developers Dandara, Abbey New Homes and Rydon declined to sign a government pledge to strip over 1,000 high-rises of flammable materials to prevent another possible Grenfell tragedy Daily Mirror · Jun 10, 2023
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2023 Steve McQueen voices ‘dismay’ after MPs snub Grenfell Tower film invitation Award-winning British artist says lack of politicians’ response to attend a screening speaks volumes about ‘what is happening in this country’
The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2023 On my radar: Sheena Patel’s cultural highlights The writer and director on a blockbuster biography of Jean Rhys, Steve McQueen’s Grenfell film and the car crash brilliance of US comedy Search Party
Daily Mirror · Apr 13, 2023 Grenfell Tower survivors perspective shared in new National Theatre play A new play from the National Theatre will be staged in London to share the stories of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster with real shared experiences from the survivors
Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2023 Steve McQueen: Grenfell at Serpentine South Gallery review: you must see this film This relentless, devastating, surveillance-style approach feels necessary. Nothing happens, and nothing needs to: you just have the evidence
Daily Mirror · Mar 28, 2023 Horrific 24-minute Grenfell disaster film will leave viewers disturbed, director warns After filming footage from a helicopter in the months following the deadly blaze at Grenfell six years ago, Steve McQueen's thought-provoking 24-minute film features no words or music
The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2023 Steve McQueen: My Grenfell art is to ensure what happened is never forgotten The film will go on public view in April following a period of community outreach and private community viewings.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2023 ‘People will be disturbed’: Steve McQueen on airing his Grenfell film Exclusive: Director says it is finally time to screen haunting footage as community awaits inquiry findings
Daily Mirror · Mar 26, 2023 Council confiscates couple's doormat 'because of Grenfell' and demands £20 to get it back Inspectors paid a visit to the flat in Brighton, Sussex, and removed the doormat "in line with national fire safety regulations" before they eventually backed down
Evening Standard · Mar 13, 2023 Ex-Prime Minister Theresa May writing ‘Abuse of Power’ book The book will touch on the Hillsborough and Grenfell tragedies and the Daniel Morgan case
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2023 Gove threatens housebuilders in row over post-Grenfell safety fittings Exclusive: Developers furious at minister’s public chivvying over contracts they say they have yet to receive
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2023 Grenfell: System Failure review – sobering unpicking of a tragedy Writer Richard Norton-Taylor and director Nicolas Kent’s almost anti-theatrical play uses residents’ testimonies and gives the bereaved a much-needed voice