# Graham Barnfield > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Graham_Barnfield > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Graham_Barnfield.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Barnfield > Source revision: 1173542045 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use British English|date=May 2012}} '''Graham Barnfield''' (born 5 November 1969 in [Leicester](/source/Leicester)) is a British academic and pundit associated with the [hard left](/source/hard_left) [Revolutionary Communist Party](/source/Revolutionary_Communist_Party_(UK%2C_1978)) (1981–1997). In 1993 he began writing on cultural politics in the [United States](/source/United_States) under President [Franklin D. Roosevelt](/source/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt). Barnfield also comments on [documentary](/source/Documentary_film) representation, leading to some radio and television appearances discussing [reality television](/source/reality_television) and [happy slapping](/source/happy_slapping).[https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/jun/07/highereducationprofile.highereducation Graham Barnfield: they thought he was an expert. He is now.], ''The Guardian'', 7 June 2005 He teaches journalism at the [University of East London](/source/University_of_East_London).[http://www.uel.ac.uk/ssmcs/staff/graham_barnfield/index.htm UEL page on Graham Barnfield] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060103235715/http://www.uel.ac.uk/ssmcs/staff/graham_barnfield/index.htm |date=3 January 2006 }} He is the former editor of ''Culture Matters: Communications, Media & Communities'' (Sheffield Hallam University Press){{cite book|author1=Bertrand Taithe|author2=Tim Thornton|title=Propaganda: Political Rhetoric and Identity, 1300–2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=46iFAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Sutton|isbn=978-0-7509-2029-2|page=ix}} and was a 2003 Fellow of the [Wolfsonian-FIU](/source/Wolfsonian-FIU).{{cite book|author=Brill Academic|title=Historical Materialism 11.4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yx302AX_lxUC&pg=PA451|year=2003|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-13606-1|page=451}} He received a BA (Hons) in English with media studies, from the University of Sussex in 1992, and a PhD in cultural studies with the dissertation ''Co-opting Culture: State Intervention in and Party Patronage of Literary and Popular Culture, 1929–1941'', from Sheffield Hallam University in 1996.[http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.337118 Co-opting culture : state intervention in and party patronage of literary and popular culture, 1929–1941], Graham William Barnfield, Sheffield Hallam University, 1996 As a teenager, he was a vocalist in [Leicester](/source/Leicester) rock band [the Marmite Sisters](/source/the_Marmite_Sisters). He briefly developed a sideline as a bit-part actor, including a feature credit in ''[Number One Longing, Number Two Regret](/source/Number_One_Longing%2C_Number_Two_Regret)''{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292155/fullcredits|title=Number One, Longing. Number Two, Regret (2004) – IMDb|accessdate=23 July 2020|publisher=IMDb}} and now writes for a wide range of publications. ==Partial filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |rowspan="1" | 2013 |''[The Thinker in the Supermarket](/source/The_Thinker_in_the_Supermarket)'' || || voiceover |- |rowspan="1" | 2005 |''[Plato's Breaking Point](/source/Plato's_Breaking_Point)'' || || scenes re-shot |- |rowspan="1" | 2004 |''[Number One Longing, Number Two, Regret](/source/Number_One_Longing%2C_Number_Two%2C_Regret)'' || Woods' guy || |- |rowspan="1" | 2001 |''[Mr In-Between](/source/Mr_In-Between)'' || Dancing party guest || uncredited |- |} === Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! TV show ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- || 2007 |''[The Real Outlaws](/source/The_Real_Outlaws)'' || Himself – Interviewee || |- || 1997 |''[Police 2020](/source/Police_2020)'' || || | |} ==Marmite Sisters== {{BLP unsourced section|date=October 2017}} The Marmite Sisters were an [indie](/source/Indie_(music)) band formed in 1984 from [Glenfield](/source/Glenfield%2C_Leicestershire), [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire), [England](/source/England). They were initially known as the '''Anonymouse''', with Barnfield on vocals, Steve Hill on guitar, Christopher Murphy on bass and Stub Robinson on drums. The band's name changed to the Marmite Sisters in May 1986, undergoing multiple changes of line-up and personnel. The band's first release was the ''Kick Donkey'' cassette in 1988. This was followed by the ''Songs of Love and Lawnmowers'' cassette in 1989. The final line-up split up in 1994. The band subsequently released the EP ''Gricers'' on a German label in February 1995 and made compilation appearances on Grapefruit Sunrise along with connected bands [The Minogues](/source/The_Minogues) and [Cavalier Approach](/source/Cavalier_Approach). ===Discography=== [Belper](/source/Belper) (FLX) on Tea Records Tug EP (FLX) 1991 on Tea Records Gricers (7" MEL 16) 1995 on Meller Welle Produckte ====Featured on compilations==== C92 (K7) 1993 on Rainbow recordings – My White Amp A Taste of Tea 1993 on Tea Records – Cheapday Returns; Rain ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://loneliestjukebox.blogspot.com Graham Barnfield's weblog] *{{IMDb name|0996437}} {{RCP}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnfield, Graham}} Category:English bloggers Category:Academics from Leicester Category:Academics of the University of East London Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University Category:Alumni of the University of Sussex Category:British political writers Category:British communists Category:Musicians from Leicestershire Category:People from Glenfield, Leicestershire Category:British male bloggers Category:Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1978) members --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Graham Barnfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Barnfield) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Barnfield?action=history)). 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