Peter Atkinson, University of Central Lancashire, UKKris Erickson, University of Glasgow, UKDavid Forrest, University of Sheffield, UKKen Griffin, Freelance Media ResearcherMary Irwin, Northumbria University, UKGloria Khamkar, Bournemouth University, UKHeather Norris Nicholson, University of Huddersfield, UKDaryl Perrins, University of South Wales, UKMandy Powell, Queen Margaret University, UKSimon Gwyn Roberts, University of Chester, UKJulie E. Robinson, University of Warwick Library, UKDafydd Sills-Jones, Aberystwyth University, UKSue Vice, University of Sheffield, UK

Introduction; Ieuan FranklinPart I: Living on Location1. Living on Location: Amateur Creativity and Negotiating a Sense of Place in Yorkshire; Heather Norris Nicholson2. Arcadia in Absentia: Cinema, the Great Depression and the Problem of Industrial Wales; Daryl Perrins3. A Poetics of the North: Visual and Literary Geographies; David Sheffield and Sue VicePart II: Urban Subcultures and Structures of Feeling4. The Sons and Heirs of Something Particular: The Smiths' Manchester Aesthetic, 1982-7; Peter Atkinson5. Away and Raffle Yourself! Still Game, Craiglang, Glasgow and Identity; Mary Irwin6. Topological London; Kris EricksonPart III: Broadcasting and Belonging7. A Region in Microcosm: Brandon Acton-Bond's Post-War BBC Radio Features; Ieuan Franklin8. Gi' it some 'ommer: ITV Regional Programming and the Performance of the Black Country; Julie Robinson9. A Post-War History of Radio for the Asian Community in Leicester; Gloria Khamkar10. The Teliesyn Co-operative: National Broadcasting, Production Organization and TV Aesthetics; Dafydd Sills-JonesPart IV: Borders, Devolution and Contested Histories11. Sam Hanna Bell and the ideology of place; Hugh Chignell12. Resisting redefinition: the portrayal of Northern Irish identity in Ulster Television's schools output, 1970-77; Ken Griffin13. 'Nothing Similar in England': the Scottish Film Council, the Scottish Education Department and the Utility of 'Educational Film' to Scotland; Mandy Powell14. Impossible unity? Representing internal diversity in post-devolution Wales; Simon Gwyn Roberts

This book is about forms of media that have reflected or increased consciousness of - a sense of place or a regional identity. From landscape painting in the Romantic era to newspaper coverage of devolution, the chapters explore, through contextualized case studies, the aesthetics of a wide range of local, regional and grassroots forms of media.