THE latest article from the New Regard, the 2025 publication of the Forest of Dean Local History Society, features a story of how the controversy around Dennis Potter and his dark dramas played out in the pages of the local press – now part of the Forester and Forest Review family.

Local historian and writer, Dr Jason Griffiths has researched the local reaction to Potter’s work especially those that reference his home of the Forest of Dean. Here is a shortened version – the full piece along with lots of other interesting articles is in the new edition of the New Regard available from local outlets and https://forestofdeanhistory.org.uk/