qtd. in
Jenkins, Elizabeth. The View from Downshire Hill. Michael Johnson, 2004.
148
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Rumer Godden | RG
preserved her friendship with the director Jean Renoir
from the time that he filmed her novel The River. After moving to Highgate she became friendly with the writer Stevie Smith
(whom she calls... |
| Friends, Associates | Rose Macaulay | Through correspondence RM
became a life-long friend of Gilbert Murray
, Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford
, and Chairman of the Executive of the League of Nations Union
. He was fifteen years her... |
| Friends, Associates | Stevie Smith | Her large circle of friends also included Sally Chilver
(author of A History of Socialism), novelists Inez Holden
, Olivia Manning
, and Cecily Mackworth
, Kay Dick
(assistant editor of John O'London's Weekly... |
| Friends, Associates | Charlotte Dempster | Isabella Elder was the widow of John Elder
, a famous Glasgow shipbuilder. When he died in 1869 he left her a fortune; she used it to buy and donate Northpark House in Glasgow as... |
| Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Jenkins | In her day EJ
knew most of the London literary world. She met Agatha Christie
, whom she described as the most elegantly dressed elderly woman I have ever seen. |
| Health | Una Marson | In April 1946, UM
's English friend Stella Mead
noticed that Marson was not doing well psychologically, and arranged for the writer Clare McFarlane
to take her back to Jamaica with him. Suffering from depression... |
| Health | Helen Waddell | After the war, too, she began to mention cognitive difficulties. I have been like something lost in the fog for most of the year, she wrote in November 1946, and my memory is still full... |
| Health | Ann Oakley | |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Sarah Daniels | This play has been used in a radio drama workshop by Elaine Aston
and Geraldine Harris
, and the script has been posted by the BBC
on its website Writersroom because it has such pedagogic... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Pamela Hansford Johnson | PHJ
's idea for an Imaginary Conversation among characters from Proust came originally from a suggestion by Rayner Heppenstall
in about 1947 for a BBC
broadcast. She was delighted with the quality of the original... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Liz Lochhead | LL
's contributions included a parody of the country song Stand by Your Man (And if you love him / Be proud of him / 'Cause after all he's Jist a Man) Lochhead, Liz. True Confessions and New Clichés. Polygon Books, 1985. 65 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Joan Aiken | At five JA
bought a notebook with a gift of two shillings, to do her writing in. As a child she was a great spinner of fantasy tales, first for herself and later for her... |
| Literary responses | Ivy Compton-Burnett | Elizabeth Taylor
detailed the interest that attended this book's appearance. Published on a Monday, it was broadcast as a radio play on Wednesday, discussed on radio on Thursday by Daniel George
(who called the author... |
| Literary responses | Mary Renault | |
| Literary responses | Cecily Mackworth | CM
is said to have liked this the best of all her published works. Sheridan, Anthony. “Obituary: Cecily Mackworth”. Guardian Unlimited, 7 Aug. 2006. Hewett, Christopher, editor. The Living Curve : Letters to W. J. Strachan, 1929-1979. Taranman, 1984. 130 Bowker, Gordon. “Obituary: Cecily Mackworth”. The Independent, 1 Aug. 2006. |
Timeline
1940: Ivy Benson, an accomplished and later famous...
Building item
1940
Ivy Benson
, an accomplished and later famous musician trained at the Leeds College of Art
, established the group Ivy Benson and Her All-Girl Band.
“Ivy Benson: Band Leader”. Ivy Benson and her All-Girl Bandd: Biographies.
7 January 1940: BBC radio's Forces Programme began....
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7 January 1940
BBC
radio's Forces Programme began.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
375
19 May 1940: Winston Churchill made his first BBC radio...
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19 May 1940
Winston Churchill
made his first BBC
radio broadcast as wartime coalition Prime Minister.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
375
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Up-Hill All the Way. Cape, 1953.
103
18 June 1940: Winston Churchill made his famous This was...
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18 June 1940
Winston Churchill
made his famous This was their finest hour . . . broadcast on BBC
radio.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
375
13 October 1940: Princess Elizabeth made her first BBC radio...
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13 October 1940
Princess Elizabeth
made her first BBC
radio broadcast, directed to children of the Empire.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
376
15 October 1940: A delayed-action bomb exploded in the BBC's...
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15 October 1940
A delayed-action bomb exploded in the BBC
's Broadcasting House during the 9 o'clock news, killing seven staff-members.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
376
8 December 1940: A land mine caused severe damage to BBC's...
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8 December 1940
A land mine caused severe damage to BBC
's Broadcasting House.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
376
1 January 1941: BBC radio's Brains' Trust (at first called...
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1 January 1941
BBC
radio's Brains' Trust (at first called Any Questions) began.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
376
10 May 1941: During the final, most destructive raid of...
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10 May 1941
During the final, most destructive raid of the Blitz, Queen's Hall was completely demolished by bombs and the BBC studios at Maida Vale received a direct hit from a high-explosive bomb.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
377
Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, editors. The London Encyclopaedia. Papermac, 1987, http://4-22.
632
22 June 1941: Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union (named...
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22 June 1941
Hitler
's invasion of the Soviet Union (named Operation Barbarossa, and in contravention of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact of 23 August 1939) began with a surprise attack at dawn which destroyed a thousand Soviet planes...
9 November 1941: The BBC forces' programme Sincerely Yours,...
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22 March 1942: The BBC transmitted its first daily news...
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22 March 1942
The BBC
transmitted its first daily news bulletin in Morse code (in English and various other languages) to Resistance troops in Europe.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
239
2 November 1942: The BBC's French service for Canada bega...
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2 November 1942
The BBC
's French service for Canada began.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
377
3 April 1943: The BBC's programme Saturday Night Theatre...
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3 April 1943
The BBC
's programme Saturday Night Theatre began.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
377
6 June 1944: On this day, known as D-Day (and postponed...
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6 June 1944
On this day, known as D-Day (and postponed a day because of bad weather), 155,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy. The airborne armada, nine planes wide and stretching for 200 miles, carried British, Canadian...
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