A PINT OF BITTER

The nineteen eighties. Thatcherite Britain. Rampant redundancies, endless dole queues, and obligatory job start interviews. Times of uncertainty and unrest. For john smith it’s a time of decision making. The security of a regular job or the autonomy of scraping a freelance living as best he can. Freedom versus security. If only it were possible to have both. With mounting pressures of responsibility from a demanding relationship he is driven to make choices perhaps unsuited to what he really wants. It might help if he actually knew what that was. Social mores are changing, violations of accepted behaviours can result in negative consequences. Follow your heart or be guided by instincts. At what cost are our actions engendered?