It's Nice up North!
Tonight is one of those nights when I could have actually gone out, but the advertising of this event was fairly poor, and I only heard about it yesterday, which was too late.
Sorry if you're reading this Graham - I would have come honest !
It's a showing of Graham Fellows and Martin Parr's film "It's Nice up North!" in a local theatre.
It's a spoof documentary featuring Fellows' wonderful comic creation John Shuttleworth from 'Sheffield, South Yorkshire'. I've seen him many times over the years, and am also a fan of his other creation Brian Appleton.
I remember a famous show in Norwich where several members of the audience had thought he really was a 'versatile singer songwriter', and when he was doing his performance some people asked us "excuse me, but why are you laughing ?"
Nice up North looks at the idea that people in the North of England are far nicer than those in the South. I couldn't possibly comment of course, being from Yorkshire and living in Norfolk...
There is a review HERE.
Versatile singer/organist, John Shuttleworth, decides to test the popular theory, that the further north you travel, the friendlier people will be, by venturing to Britain's most northerly spot, the Shetland Isles. Foiled by failing light, let down by a flat car battery and buffeted by the constant wind, John doggedly pursues his ques, asking everyone he meets the all-important question: "Is it nice up North?"
Filmed by internationally renowned photographer, Martin Parr, "Brilliant observer of middle England" (Daily Telegraph), and co-starring Shetland tour guide, Elma Johnson, as herself, IT'S NICE UP NORTH is a hilarious spoof documentary, a glorious mix of spurious actuality (caught by Parr's ever-roving camera) and complete nonsense from the mouth of John Shuttleworth, "Sheffield's funniest man" (Independent).
You can see a trailer on the SHUTTLEWORTHS website.
Check out MARTIN PARR's photography HERE. His photography is very much about place, and about landscapes of leisure and consumption: themes which are of importance to geographers.
He was also responsible for the collection featured in a recommended book "Boring Postcards", published by Phaidon.
This has some great ACTUAL postcards for unlikely locations, such as Shopping centres, the town centres of New Towns, caravan sites and schools.
It's given me an idea for a lesson which will see the light of day some time, using postcard images to explore landscape interpretation and representation.
The book is only £5.56 on Amazon as I type! Go via my BOOKSHOP please.
There's a nice article relating to this theme and the book at THINGS MAGAZINE.
Check out the FLICKR GROUP too. Wonderful stuff !
What building in your area would make the most boring postcard ?
Why ?
Tonight is one of those nights when I could have actually gone out, but the advertising of this event was fairly poor, and I only heard about it yesterday, which was too late.Sorry if you're reading this Graham - I would have come honest !
It's a showing of Graham Fellows and Martin Parr's film "It's Nice up North!" in a local theatre.
It's a spoof documentary featuring Fellows' wonderful comic creation John Shuttleworth from 'Sheffield, South Yorkshire'. I've seen him many times over the years, and am also a fan of his other creation Brian Appleton.
I remember a famous show in Norwich where several members of the audience had thought he really was a 'versatile singer songwriter', and when he was doing his performance some people asked us "excuse me, but why are you laughing ?"
Nice up North looks at the idea that people in the North of England are far nicer than those in the South. I couldn't possibly comment of course, being from Yorkshire and living in Norfolk...
There is a review HERE.
Versatile singer/organist, John Shuttleworth, decides to test the popular theory, that the further north you travel, the friendlier people will be, by venturing to Britain's most northerly spot, the Shetland Isles. Foiled by failing light, let down by a flat car battery and buffeted by the constant wind, John doggedly pursues his ques, asking everyone he meets the all-important question: "Is it nice up North?"
Filmed by internationally renowned photographer, Martin Parr, "Brilliant observer of middle England" (Daily Telegraph), and co-starring Shetland tour guide, Elma Johnson, as herself, IT'S NICE UP NORTH is a hilarious spoof documentary, a glorious mix of spurious actuality (caught by Parr's ever-roving camera) and complete nonsense from the mouth of John Shuttleworth, "Sheffield's funniest man" (Independent).
You can see a trailer on the SHUTTLEWORTHS website.
Check out MARTIN PARR's photography HERE. His photography is very much about place, and about landscapes of leisure and consumption: themes which are of importance to geographers.
He was also responsible for the collection featured in a recommended book "Boring Postcards", published by Phaidon.
This has some great ACTUAL postcards for unlikely locations, such as Shopping centres, the town centres of New Towns, caravan sites and schools.
It's given me an idea for a lesson which will see the light of day some time, using postcard images to explore landscape interpretation and representation.
The book is only £5.56 on Amazon as I type! Go via my BOOKSHOP please.
There's a nice article relating to this theme and the book at THINGS MAGAZINE.
Check out the FLICKR GROUP too. Wonderful stuff !
What building in your area would make the most boring postcard ?
Why ?
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