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JS began teaching English at Rolle College in Exmouth (one of the three main campuses of the University of Plymouth , which, however, is due to be relocated in a movement towards centralization). She then...

Food production was important during the Second World War, and the couple did their bit in this respect. They also provided a home for wartime refugees. During the war RW worked with the BBC ...

UM found herself in London when World War Two began. She volunteered as an air raid shelter marshal, on the grounds that this would still leave time for her writing. She also attempted to impress...

NJ went to work, displaying the energy of five women, as a Second World War lecturer with the Ministry of Information , awelfare supervisor with ENSA, the Entertainments National Service Association , and a...

The programme, modelled after Voice, featured readings from the work of West Indian writers. Because few Caribbean writers were living in London during the war, their work was read primarily from Jamaican literary journals...

After the Second World War, BR became a broadcaster on Welsh radio; later on she branched out into BBC television.

He found himself teaching in primitive and personally dangerous conditions in distant universities, at least one a temporary, ad hoc organization—not only short of food but also teaching without books. He was the only European...

At the BBC and Open UniversityFH established herself as one of the most accomplished readers of contemporary poetry. As Frances Hooker , she read for the BBC's Third Programme (which, with a few shifts...

RM had a long-running career as a journalist: until part-way through the Second World War she combined a large output of novels with working as a critic and reviewer. She worked for Time and Tide...

During her early, drifting years AL worked designing woven textiles, but realised in about ten minutes that designing was not for her. She worked as an assistant buyer for various shops, then worked in the...

In 1943 EJH got a steadier job than she had yet had, as continuity announcer with the BBC . In this job she read news bulletins, announced concerts, selected and played records. Later, while visiting...

An ex-pacifist when the second world war broke out, DA recoiled from joining the forces or undertaking other war work, but eventually got an office job (the merest fetching and carrying) with the BBC at...

In summer 1945, as the date of the general election approached, CM began working for the Labour Party : quite a good job in the research dept, but we are drowned in work. She...

In her capacity as a broadcaster, EH was a member of the BBC Advisory Council .

After her stint as assistant press officer at the Empire Marketing Board in London (from 1929 to June 1932), EH moved on into broader journalism. During the second world war, in addition to quantities of...