Justin Smith

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BIG SCREEN TIME

The Film is Fabulous! team attended the latest London film collectors’ convention, where a combination of film dealers and screenings attracted enthusiast from across the country.

3 key members and trustees of the Film is Fabulous! team joined Tim of the 'Missing Episodes Podcast'

Film collector John Franklin, De Montfort University’s Prof Justin Smith & Sue Malden, renowned former Head of Broadcast Archives at BBC
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Delighted to announce that Film is Fabulous! has been awarded charitable trust status - a significant step change enabling its work, in partnership with De Montfort University, Leicester, to enter an exciting new phase. More on our website…https://filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-fabulous-trust/

The Birds That Wouldn’t Sing: Remembering the D-Day Wrens This compelling book offers a unique perspective on D-Day and its aftermath through the personal testimonies of the Wrens who worked for Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay during Operation Overlord. Drawing o...

ANCXF, VJ Day, Minden, Germany 1945: ‘Big news – someone’s just been in and piped “Splice the Main Brace” for the Wrens as well as Matelots! We’ll all be typing upside down after that I should think! Still, it’s only once in a lifetime (I hope!).’ From: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...

The Birds That Wouldn’t Sing: Remembering the D-Day Wrens This compelling book offers a unique perspective on D-Day and its aftermath through the personal testimonies of the Wrens who worked for Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay during Operation Overlord. Drawing o...

L/Wren Jean Irvine, Paris on VE-night: “All the shops and hotels stayed open and drinks were on the house. Lights shrouded for so long blazed all night, the fountains were turned on and floodlit and hundreds of people joined hands and danced in the water.” www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...

Nostalgic Leicester film festival to screen vintage lost TV episodes Lost footage from a

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Why the 20-year-old ‘Pride & Prejudice’ film still bewitches audiences today | CNN Joe Wright’s “Pride & Prejudice,” starring Keira Knightley, is returning to theaters. In an age of dating apps, we examine why the 2005 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s work continues to resonate with...

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Everyday is different in @dmuleicester.bsky.social Special Colls whether it's sharing our fashion collections with textiles, tidying the stores or organising theatre programmes. Whatever it is we ❤️ #ArchivesToday (and tomorrow) for @arascot.bsky.social #Archive30 & #DMUat155 @librarydmu.bsky.social

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What do Jane Austen's House, Tate Modern & Leices Adult Ed Ctre have in common?
Our collections are featured in 3 exhibitions celebrating #art #film & @dmuleicester.bsky.social history! More here: ow.ly/ARA050V7u3t
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Austenmania! | Jane Austen's House In Jane Austen's 250th birthday year, Jane Austen's House in Hampshire celebrates 30 years of the iconic Jane Austen adaptations of 1995: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion and Clu...

Delighted that @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social has been able to contribute to this fabulous new exhibition celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary, thanks to support from the AHRC: janeaustens.house/display/aust...

We'll be at BAFTSS 2025 with a fantastic panel on Adaptation in Global Contexts. Hope to see lots of you there!

Adaptation | Oxford Academic Publishes academic articles, and film and book reviews, dealing with literature on screen from both a literary and film studies perspective.

Oscars' Best Adapted Screenplay noms are out! 🎥🍿 Looking for a writer to tackle a review on adapting history & Conclave for Adaptation. Interested? Email me at sedaoz@udel.edu! ✍️ #Oscars2025 #Conclave #AdaptationStudies

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80 years ago, with the Wrens of ANCXF, St. Germain-en-Laye. From The Birds That Wouldn’t Sing - Remembering the D-Day Wrens: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...

Introducing our new Takeover blog series by
@dmuleicester.bsky.social’s #PHRC, where experts share insights on our #photographichistory collections. This month a focus on the 1st stereoscopic images: See 👇 ow.ly/6Fhz50UGLa7
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class of students looking at archives

2 students looking at old technology

Fantastic session with Rachel Higginbottom's MA Digital Design students exploring the potential for heritage inspired projects & beyond. What a great start to teaching in 2025 🤩
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🎉 We’re thrilled to invite you to the launch of Adaptation in Turkish Literature, Cinema, and Media (Palgrave Macmillan, Dec 2024)!

📅 Date: Jan 15, 2024
⏰ Time: 15:00 GMT / 10:00 EST
📍 Join via Zoom
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Spread the word!

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#BookLaunch

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Adaptation | Oxford Academic Publishes academic articles, and film and book reviews, dealing with literature on screen from both a literary and film studies perspective.

Delighted to be taking up a new role this new year as a Co-editor of the journal Adaptation academic.oup.com/adaptation

Admiral Ramsay: ‘My Pilot face to face’ - Churchill College A blog by Professor Justin Smith to mark the 80th anniversary of the death of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay.

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OUT NOW: The Birds That Wouldn’t Sing: Remembering the D-Day Wrens by Justin Smith! This book offers a unique perspective on D-Day and its aftermath through the personal testimonies of the women serving in the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS). Read it here: https://buff.ly/3BmXU92