Colin Shindler

Colin Shindler (born 1949) is an English author, social historian and affiliated lecturer in history at Cambridge University.[1]

He should not be confused with another English academic and historian, also called Colin Shindler, born in 1946, who specialises in the history of modern Israel.[2]

Life and career

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Born in Manchester,[3] Colin Shindler grew up in Prestwich.[4] He graduated with a degree in history from Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he later completed his PhD thesis on Hollywood and the Great Depression. Since 1998 he has been lecturing and teaching at Cambridge on films and American history.[3][5]

He has written numerous books on British and American cultural history, with an emphasis on the impact of sport and film on modern society.[1] Manchester United Ruined My Life (1998) and Manchester City Ruined My Life (2012) are a pair of memoirs about his support for Manchester City.[6] He also wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film Buster and worked as a scriptwriter and television producer in England between 1977 and 1996,[1][3] for shows including Lovejoy, Juliet Bravo, and Heartbeat.[4]

Shindler is the brother of lawyer Geoffrey Shindler and the uncle of television producer Nicola Shindler.[7] His daughter is the actress Amy Shindler.[4]

Books

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Nonfiction

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  • Hollywood Goes to War: Films and American Society, 1939–1952 (1979)[8]
  • Hollywood in Crisis: Cinema and American Society, 1929–1939 (1996)[9]
  • Fathers, Sons and Football (2001)[10]
  • George Best and 21 Others (2004)[11]
  • Garbo and Gilbert in Love: Hollywood's First Great Celebrity Couple (2005)
  • National Service: From Aldershot to Aden: Tales from the Conscripts, 1946–62 (2012)[12]
  • The Professional Amateur: The Cricketing Life of Bob Barber (2015)
  • Four Lions: The Lives and Times of Four Captains of England (2016)
  • Barbed Wire and Cucumber Sandwiches: The Controversial South African Tour of 1970 (2020)

Fiction

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  • Buster: A Novel Based on His Own Original Screenplay (1988)
  • High on a Cliff (1999)[4]
  • First Love, Second Chance (2002)
  • The Worst of Friends: Malcolm Allison, Joe Mercer and Manchester City (2009)[13]
  • The Worst of Friends: The Betrayal of Joe Mercer (2011)

Memoirs

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  • Manchester United Ruined My Life (1998)
  • Manchester City Ruined My Life (2012)[6][14]

Edited

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  • I'm Sure I Speak for Many Others ... : Unpublished Letters to the BBC (2017)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Colin Shindler". Hachette Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ "About". colinshindler.com. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Dr Colin Shindler". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d McCormack, Declan (18 September 1999). "Hanging on the edge of the cliff". Irish Independent.
  5. ^ "Dr Colin Shindler". Institute of Continuing Education. 3 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b Farrell, Ian. "Manchester City Ruined My Life". When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  7. ^ Baker, Rob (20 February 2011). "Geoffrey Shindler – service to the arts recognized" (Press release). Artisan Marketing Communications. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018.[better source needed]
  8. ^ Reviews of Hollywood Goes to War:
  9. ^ Reviews of Hollywood in Crisis:
  10. ^ Reviews of Fathers, Sons and Football:
  11. ^ Ryan, Ray (21 May 2004). "Team spirit and hot air (review of George Best and 21 Others and Red Mist)". The Independent.
  12. ^ Jay, Peter (18 August 2012). "National Service, by Colin Shindler". The Spectator.
  13. ^ Taylor, Julian (25 April 2009). "Book review: The Worst of Friends". BBC Sport.
  14. ^ Redfern, Simon (23 June 2012). "Sport book of the week: Manchester City Ruined My Life". The Independent.
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