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Evening Standard
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Vicky Jessop

8 cultural tributes to the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, from Steve McQueen’s film to a comprehensive podcast

On 14 June 2017, London was rocked by tragedy when Grenfell Tower, a high-rise apartment building in North Kensington, caught fire. The resulting blaze burned for more than sixty hours, claiming the lives of seventy people.

In the aftermath, the community was in shock: as months and years rolled by, anger towards the government remained palpable. Stormzy memorably took to the stage at the BRIT Awards to ask the then-prime minister: “Theresa May, where’s the money for Grenfell?”

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