‘I’m pointing a finger’: Barbara Walker on her paintings about the Windrush scandal and her son’s victimisation

As her hard-hitting works go on show in Manchester, the Midlands-based artist reveals the emotional toll of making such political, personal workFor most of her life, Barbara Walker has poured her anger about political and personal events into her art. “When I’m trying to understand something, I turn to my work; it feels cathartic,” she says. “Maggi Hambling said your art should be your best friend. Those words really resonate with me.”Creating art helped her when he