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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...

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...

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 .

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...

From 1956 to 1960, LS taught Chinese literature at Nanyang University , and lived in both Singapore and London. She wrote and travelled, taking trips to Japan and Hong Kong. She spent...

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...

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...

UM was featured alongside Mulk Raj Anand , William Empson , and T. S. Eliot on the BBC 's radio magazine programme Voice edited by Eric Blair (George Orwell) .

PG worked as a writer and researcher for the BBC for some years from 1950. She worked on and off while bringing up her children. She contributed to her husband's mannequin business...

She became a broadcaster with the BBC in 1948, and continued in this role for forty years. She became a professional writer, and contributed work to newspapers in addition to publishing books.

Between receiving her BA degree and getting married, Gillian Williams (later GC ) worked as a news researcher for the BBC in London.