Barry Hines: Kes, Threads and Beyond David Forrest andSue Vice https://doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9781784992620.001.0001 Published: 2017 Online ISBN: 9781526132208 Print ISBN: 9781784992620 Contents Copyright Page Notes Notes Figures Notes Notes Foreword Notes Notes Acknowledgements Notes Notes Introduction: Kes, Threads and beyond Notes Notes 1 Poetry with purpose and the journey to Kes: Billy’s Last Stand, The Blinder, A Kestrel for a Knave and Kes Notes Notes First Signs (1972) First Signs (1972) Speech Day (1973) Speech Day (1973) The Gamekeeper (1975) The Gamekeeper (1975) The Price of Coal (1977) The Price of Coal (1977) Tom Kite (Injury Time/Man of the Match) Tom Kite (Injury Time/Man of the Match) Notes Notes Notes Notes Notes 3 Thatcherism and South Yorkshire: Looks and Smiles, Unfinished Business, Fun City, Threads Notes Notes 4 Imagining post-industrial Britain: The Heart of It, the miners’ strike plays, Looking at the Sun, Shooting Stars, Born Kicking, Elvis Over England No…