Izzard, Molly. Freya Stark: A Biography. Hodder and Stoughton, 1993.
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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, 1993. 39 |
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 | 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... |
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... |
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 | 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, 1983. 161-4 |
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 | 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, 1999. 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, 1999. 305-15 |
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, 1984. 229 |
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/. |
Textual Production | Storm Jameson | Jameson had been approached by the Ministry of Information
once the USA had entered World War II, for suggestions on how to cement Anglo-American relations. Jameson, Storm. Journey from the North. Harper and Row, 1970. 524 |
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, 1985. 89-90 |
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