Category: Control
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June 4, 1976: Sex Pistols play Manchester for the very first time…
In the history of British popular culture, June 4, 1976 is a significant date. The Sex Pistols played at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall to a small room of people. It is one of their first gigs outside London. Like the saying about the first Velvet Underground LP, nearly everyone in the audience that night…
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Why studying film helped me become a better historian
When I was an undergraduate, I planned to major in film studies, but I eventually switched to a double major in history and politics, keeping film studies as my minor. Although I didn’t keep up with my studies in film theory after I undertook my Honours and PhD in history, I look back on my…
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New journal article: History and the Notion of Authenticity in Control and 24 Hour Party People
This is a quick post to announce that the journal Contemporary British History has just pre-published my article on the cinematic portrayals of Joy Division titled, ‘History and the Notion of Authenticity in Control and 24 Hour Party People‘. You can find it here. The abstract for the article is: In the last decade, two…
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History and the notion of authenticity in Control and 24 Hour Party People
This is a work-in-progress with a very long gestation period. I began work on it back in 2009-10, but wasn’t really happy with it. I sent out a version (about twice as long as this post) for review to a few journals and got back some very mixed feedback (including one savage review). Since early…
New Historical Express 