• Re Lancastrianising Leonora

    Roger Shannon, Professor of Film and Television at Edge Hill University. Edge Hill recently celebrated the Centenary of the birth in Lancashire of one of the world’s most renowned surrealist artists, Leonora Carrington. Born in 1917 in Clayton Le Woods, Chorley, and raised in Lancashire, Leonora became a ‘national treasure’ in her adoptive home of   …

  • Cannes gets an added dose of drama as Netflix makes its festival debut

    Roger Shannon, Edge Hill University The red carpet has been rolled out and the stars are taking their photo calls as the aristocracy of the film industry gathers at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes for the 70th annual film festival. From Afghanistan to Zambia, film makers, buyers, screenwriters, distributors, critics, academics and cineastes bunker…

  • Here’s why St Patrick’s day and ‘the craic’ are two of Ireland’s greatest myths

    Here’s why St Patrick’s day and ‘the craic’ are two of Ireland’s greatest myths

    Paddy Hoey, Edge Hill University and David Shaw, University of Liverpool There are two world famous symbols of Irish culture: St Patrick’s day, and the Irish pub – both synonymous with drinking and “good craic”. But history tells us that these icons of Irish identity were first conceived far away from Ireland. Since then, these…