This. The full book jacket for Black Arsenal: Club Culture, Identity, Published by W&N 29 August 2024. Arsenal Ian Wright Paul Davis Kevin Campbell geni.us/BlackArsenal

Very proud to have contributed in a small way to this beautiful thing. It’s so exciting to see the book come together 👏🏻👏🏻

Publication day. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen! I hope I did this brilliant film justice.

Really excited for this tonight! Featuring an introduction from The University of Sheffield Professor Dave Forrest, hot off the heels of his new book on Kes in the BFI Classic Film range. Head to the Showroom Cinema for tickets!

Lovely busy screening of Kes with Dave Forrest intro at the launch of his BFI Classics book last night at Showroom Cinema! The book is out now and the excerpt we heard was wonderful!

40 years of Threads! Screening and panel discussion Showroom Cinema on June 6th: showroomworkstation.org.uk/threadspanel

Rob (Robert Nevitt) and I are seeking the identity of the traffic warden in THREADS for a documentary on the film. If you know who played this iconic character or have any leads for us, we’d love to hear from you. Please email [email protected] with any information. Thanks!

My Billy and Kes sculpture got unveiled today in Barry Hines home village of Hoyland Common. It stands across from his former home which also features a blue plaque about him. 1/4

Are you an emerging documentary filmmaker who loves archive film? The Make Film History Challenge offers you access to 40 archive films for creative reuse. Make a short film (up to 3 mins) which reinterprets the archive in new and imaginative ways!

It was great to chair this panel and to hear such enlightening perspectives on what remains a hugely challenging but remarkable piece of TV drama. Big thanks to Showroom Cinema for making it happen 👏🏻

What a brilliant job Dan’s done here - great piece 👏🏻

New special issue of the Journal of British Cinema and TV on the British New Wave ed. by Melanie Williams& Dave Forrest out now! Featuring my article on Brenda and Doreen in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - I can't wait to read all the others!

Hooray! It was a real pleasure to co-edit and contribute to this issue. There is so much more to say about the British New Wave, and class and region in British film and TV - watch this space!

Estate is a visual and textual project exploring working-class culture and landscapes through the lens of working-class writers. Patrick Murphy & Dave Forrest will use Sheffield University Uni of Sheffield Special Collections Archives to create a new body of work: Estate. Festival of the Mind

Black Arsenal: how the club and its players set the pace for integration and ‘natural multiculturalism’ theguardian.com/books/article/…

We are *beyond* excited to announce that Festival of the Mind is back this September! #FOTM2024 brings our pioneering research to life through immersive exhibitions, films, performances & more. Our amazing researchers work with local creatives, bringing you over 40 free events 🎉 Full

First author copies of Black Arsenal: Club, Culture, Identity. Amazing to see the physical outcome of nearly a decade researching Arsenal and Black identity, difference and multiculture. A beautiful book by W&N Orion Publishing 🙏🏽

So here's what I've been working on all summer...an hour digging into the creation & legacy of the incredible BBC-commissioned nuclear war film Threads, broadcast 40 years ago this month, with a soundtrack by Ghost Box Records. Artwork by Catrin James. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Join us on a visual and textual exploration of working-class culture and landscapes through the lens of working-class writers. Read more: bit.ly/3MBTQnu #FOTM2024

Myself and Dave Forrest are discussing our Estate project Festival of the Mind come along and join in.