Tag Archives: Bradford

From Jane Eyre to Mary Poppins – de-coding the Brontes on film

Posted on July 11, 2016 by samiraahmed

I wrote this blogpost for a panel discussion we held with a screening of Jane Eyre (1943) at the Picturehouse Cinema at the National Media Museum in Bradford last Saturday. Novelist Mick Jackson, Bronte Parsonage Museum arts officer Lauren Livesey … Continue reading →

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Billy Liar, Bradford and the birth of the dollybird

Posted on May 1, 2013 by samiraahmed

“A lazy, irresponsible young clerk in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.” Everyone loves Billy Liar. Apart from whoever wrote imdb’s current bizarrely censorious plot summary … Continue reading →

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