Between 1998 and 2018, I delivered thirty papers at academic conferences around the world, although mostly in the UK. A number of regular conferences helped me to both disseminate my research but also to make contact with like-minded scholars and become part of international research networks. The annual conference of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (USA) and Screen Studies (UK), along with the biennial Celebrity Studies conference have proven to be particularly fertile grounds for me over the years.
So I was born in Staffordshire in 1965 and now live in Northumberland. I love it. I belong. School was hell but university was heaven. Newcastle Polytechnic, History of Modern Art, Design and Film. It was everything. I can't imagine a better course. Now, Voyager opened a door to a new life. I took it and never looked back. Masters and PhD in film at UEA (1989-1994). Taught film and radio at Staffordshire University (1990-2005) and the University of Sunderland (2005-19). Loved it! Now I'm working for me. I'm working on me. But I love to collaborate and am open to offers. I know something about film history, Hollywood in particular, Hollywood melodrama and stardom even more so and, most especially, Bette Davis. That's me!
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