Cover

Barry Hines

Contents

List of figures

Foreword: Tony Garnett

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Kes, Threads and beyond

1 Poetry with purpose and the journey to Kes: Billy’s Last Stand, The Blinder, A Kestrel for a Knave and Kes

2 The politics of hope in 1970s Britain: First Signs, Speech Day, The Gamekeeper, Tom Kite, The Priceof Coal

3 Thatcherism and South Yorkshire: Looks and Smiles, Unfinished Business, Fun City, Threads

4 Imagining post-industrial Britain: The Heart of It, the miners’ strike plays, Looking at the Sun, Shooting Stars, Born Kicking, Elvis Over England

Conclusion

Bibliography and filmography

Index