There are the immediate, compelling things about which we care. Has my granny had her jab? Is my daughter being bullied at school? How long will I be on hold before I can sort my internet problem? Beyond that front row, there are things that, if we have time or a quiet Saturday morning when […]
Author Archives: Mark Cousins
Mark Cousins is a Northern Irish author and filmmaker. His books include Watching. Real. People. Elsewhere. and The Story of Film. His films - such as I am Belfast, The First Movie, Atomic and The Story of Film: An Odyssey - have won a Peabody Award, the Prix Italia and the Stanley Kubrick Award, and have been shown in MoMA in New York, at the Cannes film festival, and around the world. He is Honorary Professor of Film at the University of Glasgow. He lives in Edinburgh.