The Lost Generation

Dear Elders, Branding Us a 'Lost Generation' Is Reductive and Patronising - Yours Sincerely, the Young

Sean Faye | Posted 21.01.2012 | UK
Sean Faye

The 'Lost Generation' tagline isn't helpful - it's both a reductive and totalising gesture that throws graduate media interns in with teenage school leavers as if we're all one soupy, melting pot of despair.

More Dire Unemployment Statistics for the 'Lost Generation'

Aisha Gani | Posted 18.01.2012 | UK Politics
Aisha Gani

Another week of gloomy statistics. Another bad week for the UK's lost generation. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) published the latest figures of unemployment this week, which has reached 2.62 million. Youth unemployment has hit 1.02 million.