J.B. Priestley: A Life in Objects

Mark Goodall is an Associate Professor in Film at the University of Bradford. He has published books on the Beatles, The Beatles or The White Album, music and the occult Gathering of the Tribe: Music and Heavy Conscious Creation, and shock cinema of the 1960s Sweet and Savage: the World, Through the Mondo Film Lens . He co-edited New Media Archaeology and edited a special edition of Film International. He has written for The Guardian, The Independent, The New European and Shindig! and plays with the group Rudolf Rocker.

Irene Lofthouse is an author, playwright, performer and research consultant based in Bradford. Her writing ranges across fiction and non-fiction; incorporates all ages and ranges across genres. She is a First story writer-in-residence for primary and secondary schools, editing five anthologies of young writers’ work. Irene regularly undertakes author talks in schools; creates educational learning content for universities, museums, libraries, Historic England, BBC Sounds and delivers workshops for Literature Festivals. Work appears in numerous anthologies (poetry and fiction); online at 26Characters; in her ‘Strange Tales’ children’s collections, and at live performances, open mics, festivals and one-woman shows.

She a trustee of JB Priestley Society, Undercliffe Cemetery and 26 Characters; has co-founded two community theatre groups and an award-winning training resources publishing business.