In this talk, given to a number of conferences and seminars in Germany, Sweden and the UK in 2005/6 I discuss a number of theoretical and methodological issues related to a research project on early childhood memories of civilian bombing in World War Two. View the text here: Born To Flying Glass … [Read more...] about Born to Flying Glass
Archives for December 2012
Where East Meets West: Gary’s Olympic Game
The transcript that follows is from an interview with Gary Carpenter then aged 18, who describes the people he met and incidents that happened while he was working with his dad as a riggers assistant. I first met the Carpenters during a health and safety induction session at the Carpenters Road site and subsequently conducted interviews with each of them separately and one with … [Read more...] about Where East Meets West: Gary’s Olympic Game
December Blog
A Xmas story about two films. Recently I visited an exhibition of work by Humphrey Jennings, whose book, Pandaemonium, was a key inspiration for Danny Boyle’s Isle of Wonder’s Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. Jennings was an interesting blend of Romantic Marxist and surrealist, who played a leading role in the British film documentary movement in the 1930’s … [Read more...] about December Blog