Schoolchildren at St. Ignatius School, Preston (1904)

Dumfries schoolchildren take their turn in the spotlight.

A small battalion of Yorkshire schoolchildren lines up for a playground photograph.

The proud winners of a Blackburn school football match pose for posterity.

Deprived Edwardian kids of Burnley enjoy some midsummer fun in the park.

Lancashire children perform physical education exercises in (almost) perfect unison.

Edwardian primary schoolchildren are marshalled along the streets of Blackburn in strict formation.

A show of scouting skills in Blackburn, Lancashire.

Matchstick men and so much more - the work and world of Lawrence Stephen Lowry, recorder of the industrial north.

Mill workers and machines - a detailed look at the Lancashire textile industry.

Dramatised account of Chinese rebels' violent confrontation with Christian missionaries, made in the wake of the Boxer Rebellion.

A majestic Blackpool monument to Queen Victoria is unveiled by Princess Louise.

Rival displays of orderliness and frivolity in a parade of Lancashire schoolchildren.

Laura Mulvey in conversation, following her BFI Fellowship Award.

George Clooney visited BFI Southbank to look back on his life and career.

The Oscar®- winning director of Nomadland discusses her unique approach to filmmaking and the inspiration behind the adaptation of Hamnet.

The director talks to Mark Kermode about putting Stephen King's dystopian life-or-death gameshow thriller through its paces. 

Richard Linklater discusses his remarkable and wide-ranging body of work, including Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague.

Daniel Day-Lewis, the ultimate actor’s actor discusses his career in conversation with Mark Kermode.