The factory

Contents

Motley notes / Ian Jack -- Made in China / Isabel Hilton -- A job on the line / Desmond Barry -- The making of parts / Alec Soth -- Chocolate empires / Andrew Martin -- Plastics / Luc Sante -- In the milk factory / Joe Sacco -- Fancy lamps / Neil Steinberg -- Lister's mill / Liz Jobey -- Buckets of blood / Tessa Hadley -- Martin and me / Thomas Healy -- The muse in the cellar / James Lasdun -- The game of evenings / Adolf Hoffmeister.