That’s the end of the first week. We hope that gave you a brief understanding of the background to the fire and the community. In the next lesson we will look at the events of the fire and how it spread.
Further Reading
Community & Everyday Life
1 The Grenfell Tower Fire (London Museum)
Museum exhibition page on the tower, its residents, and London’s housing inequalities.
Museum exhibition page on the tower, its residents, and London’s housing inequalities.
2 In Brutal Presence: Nicola Muirhead (LensCulture)
Documentary photography and resident testimony from North Kensington before and after the fire.
Documentary photography and resident testimony from North Kensington before and after the fire.
3 Grenfell: Before the Fire (London Intelligence)
Profiles of residents and a portrait of the community that lived in the tower.
Profiles of residents and a portrait of the community that lived in the tower.
Warnings & Resident Activism
4 Grenfell Action Group Blog
The residents’ blog that documented fire safety warnings from 2012 onwards.
The residents’ blog that documented fire safety warnings from 2012 onwards.
5 “KCTMO: Playing with Fire!” (November 2016 blog post, PDF)
The blog post that predicted a catastrophic fire, eight months before it happened.
The blog post that predicted a catastrophic fire, eight months before it happened.
6 A Residents’ Group Made Repeated Warnings (BuzzFeed News)
Overview of the Grenfell Action Group’s eight fire safety warnings over three years.
Overview of the Grenfell Action Group’s eight fire safety warnings over three years.
Structural Injustice & Policy
7 Six Key Failures in the Way Grenfell Was Managed, Inside Housing
Specialist housing journalism on management failures before the fire.
Specialist housing journalism on management failures before the fire.
8 Following Grenfell, Equality and Human Rights Commission
EHRC inquiry into human rights and equality failings before and after the fire.
EHRC inquiry into human rights and equality failings before and after the fire.
9 Grenfell Warnings and the Collapse of Local Journalism, The Conversation
How the decline of local news meant residents’ warnings went unreported.
How the decline of local news meant residents’ warnings went unreported.