Speakers:

David Peace (author of GB84)

Julian Petley (Brunel)

Simon Popple (Leeds)

Patrick Russell and Ros Cranston (BFI)

Yvette Vanson (documentary maker) and Michael Mansfield.

Poet Ian McMillan, and the world premiere of Songs at the Year’s End with music by Hugh Nankivell.

Exhibition, performance, screenings, testimony and academic papers. With contributions from:  John Hyatt (MMU, the Three Johns); Richard Crangle (Exeter), Rosemary Preece (National Coal Mining Museum for England), Sue Owen (Sheffield), Michael Bailey (Leeds Met), Patricia Holland (Bournemouth); Granville Williams; Dave Rogers (Banner Theatre); Ian Beasley (photographer) and others.

Organised at the University of Leeds by the Louis Le Prince Centre and the Media Industries Research Centre at the Institute of Communications Studies; with support from the School of Performance and Cultural Industries, the School of Music, Leeds International Film Festival, Opera North, and the DARE partnership.

Accommodation

We have negotiated reduced rates with Weetwood Hall hotel, quote Digging the Seam when you book for the conference rate of £70 bed & breakfast. Other hotel recommendations can be found on this page: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/visitors/where_to_stay.htm