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Employer Rose Macaulay
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...
Employer Gwen Moffat
In Sussex GM (already a writer for magazines and BBC Radio ) worked as a maid in a hotel, then for the Dolphin Theatre in Brighton, first as a secretary and then as property...
Employer Elspeth Huxley
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...
Employer Rebecca West
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 ...
Employer Andrea Levy
During her early, drifting years AL worked designing woven textiles, but realised in about ten minutes that designing was not for her.
Levy, Andrea. “Back to my Own Country”. British Library Windrush Stories.
She worked as an assistant buyer for various shops, then worked in the...
Family and Intimate relationships Kamila Shamsie
Hosain remained in London, and eventually took up a job with the BBC . During her time as a broadcaster, she presented her own women's programme for the BBC's Eastern Service, worked variously for the...
Family and Intimate relationships Elizabeth Bowen
Cameron was Assistant Secretary for Education in Northamptonshire; he then became Secretary for Education in Oxfordshire, and later worked in schools programming for the BBC . The marriage was a surprise to his friends, who...
Family and Intimate relationships Samuel Beckett
Following several other love-affairs (the earliest with a cousin, Peggy Sinclair , who died young in 1933), SB shared his life from about this time with pianist Suzanne Deschevaux-Dumesnil , whom he married in 1961...
Family and Intimate relationships Angela Thirkell
At sixteen he left Australia (shortly after his mother returned to England) for Brussels, where he worked in business until, in 1935, he moved to England himself. He studied art, served in the army during...
Family and Intimate relationships Louise Page
LP is married to Christopher Hawes , a fellow author and former drama teacher, who like her often works for the BBC .
“Louise Page”. British Council. contemporarywriters.
“Christopher Hawes”. Pollinger Limited. authors’ agents.
Family and Intimate relationships Shelagh Delaney
SD chose April Fools' Day to announce her daughter's birth to the press. The Daily Mail reported that she recently made a chain-smoking appearance on BBC television and that in February 1963 she admitted to...
Family and Intimate relationships Iris Tree
Writer, critic, and caricaturist Sir Max Beerbohm was IT 's half-uncle, the youngest son from Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree's father's second marriage. Best remembered for his drawings and caricatures of the famous, Beerbohm also wrote...
Family and Intimate relationships Vita Sackville-West
VSW 's next lovers were women working professionally in the media: first was Hilda Matheson , Director of Talks for the BBC . They presumably met in connection with VSW 's first broadcast, on 18...
Family and Intimate relationships Viola Tree
The writer, critic, and caricaturist Sir Max Beerbohm was VT 's uncle. A son of her grandfather's second marriage, he retained the original surname. Best remembered for his drawings and caricatures of the famous, Beerbohm...
Family and Intimate relationships Dorothy Wellesley
DW seems to have first met Hilda Matheson just before the latter took over the role of central player in Vita Sackville-West 's love-life. But Matheson (director of talks for the BBC , soon to...

Timeline

16 January 1929: The Listener began publication; it has been...

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16 January 1929

The Listener began publication; it has been said that it did more for the new 'thirties poetry in Britain than any of the specialized poetry magazines.

July 1929: J. B. Priestley published his novel The Good...

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July 1929

J. B. Priestley published his novelThe Good Companions, which became a best-seller and made his name.

21 January 1930: King George V's speech from the House of...

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21 January 1930

King George V 's speech from the House of Lords opening the London Naval Conference was broadcast by the BBC to several countries around the world.

May 1930: Factory-produced television sets (the Baird...

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May 1930

Factory-produced television sets (the Bairdtelevisor) went on sale for 25 guineas in the UK.

14 July 1930: The first televised play was broadcast by...

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14 July 1930

The first televised play was broadcast by the BBC : Lance Sieveking and Sydney Moseley 's production of Pirandello 's experimental The Man with the Flower in his Mouth.

4 December 1931: The BBC announced the resignation of Hilda...

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4 December 1931

The BBC announced the resignation of Hilda Matheson , its director of talks, which she had actually submitted in October. This was the climax of a long-running struggle over a series of talks by Harold Nicolson

1932: The BBC adopted a policy restricting their...

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1932

The BBC adopted a policy restricting their employment of married women.

2 May 1932: Broadcasting House at Portland Place, London,...

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2 May 1932

Broadcasting House at Portland Place, London, opened as home of the British Broadcasting Corporation .

19 December 1932: The BBC launched the Empire Service; this...

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19 December 1932

The BBC launched the Empire Service; this developed into the World Service , broadcasting around the world.

28 July 1933: Sheila Borrett became the BBC's first female...

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28 July 1933

Sheila Borrett became the BBC 's first female radio announcer.

21 August 1933: The BBC news was first read by a woman announcer;...

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21 August 1933

The BBC news was first read by a woman announcer; the practice was soon discontinued.

29 November 1934: BBC radio presented its first broadcast of...

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29 November 1934

BBC radio presented its first broadcast of a royal wedding ceremony (the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina ) from Westminster Abbey.

20 January 1936: King George V died and Edward VIII assumed...

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20 January 1936

King George V died and Edward VIII assumed the throne; he broadcast a message to the Empire the same day from the BBC 's headquarters, Broadcasting House.

31 August 1936: Elizabeth Cowell became the BBC's first female...

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31 August 1936

Elizabeth Cowell became the BBC 's first female television announcer.

2 November 1936: The BBC began the world's first regular public...

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2 November 1936

The BBC began the world's first regular public television service from Alexandra Palace in London.

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