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Occupation P. D. James
She retired to become a full-time writer at the end of 1979, six months before her sixtieth birthday. Then she served as a magistrate for Willesden (1979-82) and for Inner London (1984). She has been...
Occupation Jan Struther
Her broadcasting career did not end with the war, but continued sporadically in the USA and even occasionally in England with the BBC .
Maxtone Graham, Ysenda. The Real Mrs Miniver. John Murray.
265
Occupation Germaine Greer
In about 1971 GG began working as a broadcaster-journalist for mainline as well as fringe or underground publications. This aspect of her work included frequent appearances on BBC programmes, where she continues to appear in...
Occupation George Orwell
GO organised and produced talks broadcast by the Far Eastern section of the BBC (largely to India), on topics ranging from the war to English poetry.
Davison, Peter. George Orwell: A Literary Life. St Martin’s Press.
xxi-xxii
Occupation Storm Jameson
In her autobiography Jameson also briefly mentions compiling a report on women in munitions factories for the Ministry of Supply at this time. She spoke on the BBC at least once, in a radio address...
Occupation Una Marson
UM became a full-time programme assistant on the BBC 's Empire Service from London, for which she managed the programme Calling the West Indies.
Jarrett-Macauley, Delia. The Life of Una Marson, 1905-65. Manchester University Press.
149
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Occupation Ruth Padel
In 2007 she sat on the panel judging the Eric Gregory awards for new writing. In 2008 she became the first writer in residence at Somerset House and the first poet in residence for the...
Occupation Freya Stark
After an August 1933 massacre of Assyrian civilians by the Iraqi Army, FS was in demand as an authority on Iraq. She spoke at the BBC , the Forum , and the Royal Central Asia Society
Occupation Mary Agnes Hamilton
MAH served as a Governor of the British Broadcasting Corporation .
She writes first that notice of the appointment came in December 1932, but twice later that she served from 1 January 1932.
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape.
280, 288, 295
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape.
280, 288, 295
Occupation Una Marson
UM 's groundbreaking radio programme, Caribbean Voices, was first broadcast on the BBC 's West Indian Service, where it ran for fifteen years.
Jarrett-Macauley, Delia. The Life of Una Marson, 1905-65. Manchester University Press.
158
Occupation Una Marson
UM made a series of influential radio broadcasts for the BBC 's West Indian Service on the Women's Institute movement in Britain.
Jarrett-Macauley, Delia. The Life of Una Marson, 1905-65. Manchester University Press.
154, 156n50
Occupation Virginia Woolf
Virginia and Leonard Woolf gave their first broadcast for the BBC —a talk entitled Are Too Many Books Written and Published?
Lee, Hermione. Virginia Woolf. Chatto and Windus.
565
Occupation Irene Handl
She was still working in the last year of her life, when she played another spiritualist medium role in Never Say Day, which was shown on BBC Channel Four.
Occupation Berta Ruck
Television was proposed to her doubtfully as a medium so new to me,
Ruck, Berta. An Asset to Wales. Hutchinson.
184
at a date after the publication of her memoir A Smile for the Past in 1959. She was ready to try...
Occupation Mary Kingsley
MK helped to initiate the Royal African Society , which was founded in her name in 1901 just after her death. Today the Society's website offers a biography and some striking pictures of MK ...

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