The Prince Rupert Hotel for the Homeless - A True Story of Love and Compassion Amid a Pandemic

DAILY TELEGRAPH A story of poverty, generosity and worlds colliding in modern Britain When Covid-19 hit the UK and lockdown was declared, Mike Matthews wondered how his four-star hotel would survive. Then the council called. The British government had launched a programme called '' Everyone In '' and 33 rough sleepers - many of whom had spent decades on the street - needed beds.The Prince Rupert Hotel would go on to welcome well over 100 people from this community, offering them shelter, good food and a comfy bed during the pandemic. This is the story of how that luxury hotel spent months locked down with their new guests, many of them traumatised, addicts or suffering from mental illness. As a world-leading foreign correspondent turning her attention to her own country for the first time, Christina Lamb chronicles how extreme situations were handled and how shocking losses were suffered, how romances emerged between guests and how people grappled with their pasts together. Unexpected and profound, heart-warming and heartbreaking, this is a tale that gives a panoramic insight into modern Britain in all its failures, and people in all their capacities for kindness - even in the most difficult of times.

Product details

• Authors: Christina Lamb, Lamb Christina
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780008487584
• ISBN: 978-0-00-848758-4
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Dysfunctional Families, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, 21st Century, Poverty & unemployment, Reportage & collected journalism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Care of the mentally ill, Care of people with specific needs, Aid & relief programmes, True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of survival of abuse & injustice, Care of people with mental health issues, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Housing & homelessness, Poverty and precarity, Hotel & catering trades, Housing and homelessness, Aid and relief programmes, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients), Hotel, hospitality & catering trades