Green Park Hotel

‘The movies that shaped our lives’ with Colin Shindler

New for 2026!

From Tuesday the 3rd of March until Saturday the 7th of March 2026

Colin Shindler has been lecturing on American and British social and cultural history for over 30 years. He won a BAFTA award for his production of A Little Princess, though he regards his greatest cultural contribution as choosing the title music for the police series Juliet Bravo. He has written more than a dozen books but he is best known for his childhood memoir Manchester United Ruined My Life which was short listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.

Come and join Colin for a walk through the movies that have provided a backdrop to our lives, in the shape of six morning and afternoon sessions, all lavishly illustrated with clips from the appropriate movies.

Post-war Britain to swinging Britain - the sexual revolution
Charlie Chaplin - Alfred Hitchcock - Casablanca - It's a Wonderful Life



There is no supplementary charge for single accommodation on any of our activity breaks, and as normal, we can arrange free transport (on arrival and departure) between the hotel and the bus and railway stations.

Details about all of our activity breaks are readily available - either download a copy from this section, ask for them during you stay, or just telephone the hotel and ask us to forward a programme for whatever activity you are interested in.

Pitlochry Hotel Room

‘The movies that shaped our lives’ with Colin Shindler

3rd to the 7th of March 2026

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