Matthew Parris

Matthew Parris

Birth : 1949-08-07, Johannesburg, South Africa

History

Matthew Francis Parris is a South African-British political writer and broadcaster, formerly a Conservative Member of Parliament.

Profile

Matthew Parris

Movies

The Summer of Rave, 1989
Self
In the final days of the yuppie decade, the summer of ’89 saw a new type of youth rebellion rip through the cultural landscape, with thousands of young people dancing at illegal Acid House parties in fields and aircraft hangars around the M25. Set against the backdrop of ten years of Thatcherism, it was a benign form of revolution, dubbed the Second Summer of Love – all the ravers wanted was the freedom to party… The rave scene, along with the drug Ecstasy, broke down social barriers and even football hooligans were ‘loved up’, solving a problem the government had never managed to crack. But lurid tabloid headlines and cat-and-mouse games with the police eventually turned the dream sour, as the gangster element moved in at the end of the summer.
Dreaming on Desolation Island
Director
Multiple award winning ‘Times’ journalist and ex Conservative MP Matthew Parris spends six months on Kerguelen, the world’s most remote island.
Dreaming on Desolation Island
Cinematography
Multiple award winning ‘Times’ journalist and ex Conservative MP Matthew Parris spends six months on Kerguelen, the world’s most remote island.
Dreaming on Desolation Island
Writer
Multiple award winning ‘Times’ journalist and ex Conservative MP Matthew Parris spends six months on Kerguelen, the world’s most remote island.
Dreaming on Desolation Island
himself
Multiple award winning ‘Times’ journalist and ex Conservative MP Matthew Parris spends six months on Kerguelen, the world’s most remote island.