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Material Conditions of Writing Kate O'Brien
KOB wrote this novel as a worker for the Ministry of Information early in the Second World War, during which time she was renting accommodation in or near Oxford and enjoying the stimulation of...
Material Conditions of Writing E. M. Delafield
This thirty-page pamphlet appeared while EMD was working for the Ministry of Information . Critic Maurice McCullen thinks it likely that the Ministry commissioned it as war propaganda to help secure the support of British...
Material Conditions of Writing Freya Stark
A Pamphlet in Defence of Propaganda by FS was published at about the time of her retirement from the Ministry of Information .
Izzard, Molly. Freya Stark: A Biography. Hodder and Stoughton.
39
Occupation Freya Stark
As an advisor on Arabic cultures, FS began work on the outbreak of war with the Publicity Section of the Ministry of Information .
Geniesse, Jane Fletcher. Passionate Nomad. Random House.
241, 261
Occupation Freya Stark
In her capacity as a member of the Ministry of Information , FS made a lecture tour of the United States, speaking primarily on Britain's stance on Jewish immigration to Palestine.
Geniesse, Jane Fletcher. Passionate Nomad. Random House.
305-15
Occupation Freya Stark
FS 's Brotherhood of Freedom arose from her plan to construct a cell-based network of British sympathizers in the Middle East. Supported by General Wavell , who became a friend, FS was recruited by...
Occupation Rumer Godden
While living in Highgate RG took to organizing readings: at Foyles bookshop, promoting young poets; at Kenwood House; and for the Arts Council , where she spent two years on the Poetry Panel...
Occupation Theodora Benson
During the Second World War TB worked for the Ministry of Information , writing Speaker's Notes, material for public speeches explaining the war effort.Elizabeth Jenkins , her assistant, said she was brilliant at this...
Occupation Amabel Williams-Ellis
AWE began journalistic work with some support from the Ministry of Information , interviewing women employees at munitions factories and investigating their working conditions.
Williams-Ellis, Amabel. All Stracheys Are Cousins. Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
161-4
Occupation John Betjeman
JB worked initially as a private secretary, prep school master, and journalist. During the Second World War he was an assistant in the Ministry of Information and a British press attaché in Ireland, a...
politics Phyllis Bottome
With the support of British authorities, PB used her lectures to promote her political views and to encourage Americans to support the Allies in the war against Nazi Germany. At the end of the tour...
Publishing F. Tennyson Jesse
FTJ published with Macmillan an important work of history and cultural commentary: The Story of Burma. It was adopted by the Ministry of Information for educational use.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
77
Colenbrander, Joanna. A Portrait of Fryn. A. Deutsch.
229
Textual Production E. M. Delafield
EMD published a wartime propaganda pamphlet entitled People You Love, probably commissioned by the Ministry of Information .
McCullen, Maurice. E. M. Delafield. Twayne.
89-90
Textual Production Theodora Benson
TB published with Faber and FaberSweethearts and Wives, Their Part in War, a little book illustrated with photographs mostly from the Ministry of Information , of women at war on the home front.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Textual Production Mary Agnes Hamilton
The British Ministry of Information issued, as one of a series published in French for wartime propaganda purposes, a booklet by MAH entitled La Démocratie anglaise en guerre.
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.

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