Hi Gareth: There are a good number of books and essays on Derek Jarman. He himself wrote a number of volumes that shed light on his artistic practices. DANCING LEDGE, KICKING THE PRICKS, MODERN NATURE, AT YOUR OWN RISK, and CHROMA to name five. There are also the books DEREK JARMAN: DREAMS OF ENGLAND (by Michael O'Pray), BY ANGELS DRIVEN (Chris Lippard, ed) and DEREK JARMAN: A PORTRAIT (by Roger Wollen), each of which is useful. There are, at this point, a good number of essays, too, like: "Gardening, History, and the Escape from Time: Derek Jarman's MODERN NATURE" in the journal OCTOBER, vol 89, "AIDS, The Problem of Representation and Plurality in Derek Jarman's BLUE" in SOCIAL TEXT 52/53, a good one in the book FIRES WERE STARTED: BRITISH CINEMA AND THATCHERISM (I can't off hand remember the title, it's something like "Private Lives/Public Health"), one on his TEMPEST, ANGELIC CONVERSATION and EDWARD II in SHAKESPEARE'S QUEER CHILDREN by Kate Chedgzoy and one on the film THE LAST OF ENGLAND in the book BETWEEN THE SHEETS, IN THE STREETS: QUEER, LESBIAN, AND GAY DOCUMENTARY. Hope that helps. Good luck. Daniel Isaac Humphrey Department of Art & Art History University of Rochester 424 Morey Hall Rochester NY 14627-0456 www.rochester.edu/College/AAH/people/grad/humphrey.html ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]