@davidforrest
Professor in Film and Television Studies - work on British cinema, television and literature with a focus on class and region. Deputy VP Education at The University of Sheffield. Football, fiction, music, running and cricket the rest of the time.
A very welcome repeat of this landmark 1992 series which also led to a BFI book of the same name. One of its researchers, Stephen Bourne, would be quick to point out it depended heavily on exploratory research of BBC files. You couldn't do that now.... www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
😂😂😂 that has really tickled me
Book cover reveal! The Films of Lindsay Anderson, EUP, 2025. @baftss.bsky.social
Delighted to have finally published a new journal article: ‘They’re knocking our life and times away!’ – ‘slum clearances’ & working-class spatiality in 1960s British cinema
Should be Open Access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New post just out:
"Amusing Ourselves to Death"
On the shift from a literate to visual culture, it's impact on politics and what we can do about it.
(£/free trial)
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Some recent work from me www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... I’m exploring the ways that the experience of playing sport informs creative practice through the workof David Storey 🏉 and Barry Hines ⚽️ and about Northern masculinities, class, and mental health.
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My first post!
Very much looking forward to working on this with Melanie.