The portraits of the Grenfell victims were elaborated over a period of eight months, primarily through interviews with friends and relatives who knew them well.

Conscious of the anger of the Grenfell community at press coverage and the sensitivity of writing about people caught up in such a tragedy, we made careful approaches to the families of those involved. Some understandably did not wish to speak. In those cases, we have acknowledged the reluctance and kept our portraits short and factual.

In most cases, families did want to speak fondly about their loved ones. These life stories are the result of those conversations.