from Barnsley, published the story - of a boy who adopts a wild kestrel - in 1968, and it was adapted for the screen a year later A second artwork based on the main character from 1960s film Kes ...

Patrick Murphy's piece, Belonging, designed in Barnsley, has gone on display in ... Mr Murphy is best known locally for his Kes sculpture, which stands on Hoyland Common as a tribute to the ...

Barnsley artist Graham Ibbeson has been recognised with an MBE in the King’s New Year’s Honours list, cementing his status as one of the UK’s leading sculptors.

Kes tells the story of Billy Casper, a working class schoolboy who finds meaning in life when he takes a fledgling kestrel from its nest. Based on Barnsley author Barry Hines' novel A Kestrel for ...

Kes transformed a town and shone a spotlight on the mining community. Even to this day, the film is used in schools, colleges and at universities, keeping Barnsley on the worldwide map.

Steve Teale reports. A film made more than 50 years in Barnsley still resonates as strongly now as it did then. Kes – based on Barry Hines’ book A Kestrel for a Knave – was made in 1969 and ...