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Archive Item: MS 1959/28/18/11 Contains digital media

Alan Bennett in Leeds

2005

Alan Bennett delivering a monologue on writing and family background, sitting in churchyard. Shots of St Bartholemew's Church, Armley, Leeds.

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Archive Item: MS 1959/24/1/36 Contains digital media

Interview with George Best, sitting in the stands at a football ground. Talking about Ireland, Manchester United, sectarianism, playing foorball as a child in Belfast, being identified as a Protestant by his school uniform, escalation of violence since his childhood, Cregagh Boys Club, 1971 IRA death threat, sport and Best's success as a unifying factor in Northern Ireland. Workshop/rehearsal for The Beautiful Game, with Meryl Tankard directing dancers.

29/08/2000

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Archive Item: MS 1959/28/18/10 Contains digital media

Alan Bennett at Allerton High School and Leeds Town Hall

2005

Alan Bennett at Allerton High School Leeds, talking about his old school Leeds Modern, now rebuilt as Lawnswood school. Covers architectural preservation, univerisity, class mobility. Bennett inside L...

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Archive Item: MS 1959/26/16/5 Contains digital media

Caryl Phillips at Elland Road and Whinmoor Estate

23/01/2003

Phillips sits in the stands at Elland Road talking about racism in football, about receiving racist abuse from other Leeds United fans in the 1970s, football and Britishness. Exterior shots of Leeds U...

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