Stephen Bourne
He was born in Camberwell and brought up in Peckham, leaving school with no qualifications,[1] but later took a degree in film making and television at the London College of Printing and in 2006 received a master's degree at De Montfort University on the representation of gay men in British Television Drama 1936–1979.[2]
His work on the history of black people in television led to a 1992 BBC documentary Black and White in Colour. In 1991 he was a founder member of the Black and Asian Studies Association. In 1999 he undertook pioneering work with Southwark Council and the Metropolitan Police as a voluntary independent adviser.
He is the author of Brief Encounters: Lesbians and Gays in British Cinema.[3]
In 2013 he was nominated for a blue plaque in the London Borough of Southwark.[4]. In 2017 he received an Honorary Fellowship from London South In 2017 he received an Honorary Fellowship from London South Bank University.Bank University.
In 2022, Bourne paid tribute to Sidney Poitier in BBC Radio 4's Last Word, was interviewed about Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's daughter, the composer and conductor Avril Coleridge-Taylor in BBC Radio 3's Hidden Women and Silenced Scores and contributed to BBC Radio 4's Great Lives profile of Ira Aldridge.
References
- ↑ http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biob4/bourne02.html Koymasky website.
- ↑ http://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/index.php/first-world-war-books/stephen-bourne.html Stephen Bourne page at The History Press.
- ↑ http://www.stephenbourne.co.uk/BriefEncounters.html
- ↑ http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/09/17/gay-historian-and-police-advisor-stephen-bourne-nominated-for-blue-plaque/ Pink News.
