Nostalgia Interviews With Chris Deacy

My guest this week is James Newton who is a filmmaker and lectures in Film Studies at the University of Kent. We talk about making the transition from being a student to becoming a member of staff and around the pitfalls of meeting students in pubs and the changing culture around drinking beers and coffees, and James explains why pubs are today a gentrified space and an indulgence. Originally from Wolverhampton, James discusses what he knows about his parents’ occupations and we talk about the disjuncture between family members’ public and private profiles as well as about the baggage that comes with our professions and why we feel the need sometimes to be defensive. James doesn’t have many memories of things he liked doing as a child. He was quite sporty and does many of the same things now that he did then. We discuss the Guinness Book of Hit Singles, the influence of punk and agitation and how particular forms of music define us. James discusses the bands he enjoyed when growing up and we learn that