Drabble, Margaret. Arnold Bennett: A Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1974.
233-4, 237
Ministry of Information
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Arnold Bennett | AB
was appointed first director of British propaganda in France. By the end of September he became director of propaganda for the Ministry of Information
, an unpaid position reporting directly to Lord Beaverbrook
. |
| Employer | Mary Agnes Hamilton | During these years, beginning in the Second World War, she worked in the Ministry of Information
(where she became head of the American section), the Committee of Ministers for Reconstruction
(from spring 1941), the Ministry... |
| Employer | Naomi Jacob | NJ
went to work, displaying the energy of five women, qtd. in Bailey, Paul. Three Queer Lives: An Alternative Biography of Fred Barnes, Naomi Jacob and Arthur Marshall. Hamish Hamilton (Penguin), 2001. 162 |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Agnes Hamilton | Working for the Ministry of Information
during World War Two, she became friendly with the distinguished novelistPhyllis Bentley
, Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Up-Hill All the Way. Cape, 1953. 112 |
| Publishing | Dorothy Whipple | DW
's first story written at and about Barton Seagrave, the place to which she and her husband retired, was about a pretty girl she had watched from her window coping lightly with marriage... |
| Residence | Jan Struther | She had deeply mixed motives for this journey. Her American publishers wanted her there for the US publication of Mrs. Miniver. Her husband wanted her to take their two younger children to safety with... |
| Textual Production | Arnold Bennett | AB
's novel Lord Raingo created a commotion because the characters were based on real people in the Ministry of Information
run by the War Office
. Staley, Thomas F., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 34. Gale Research, 1985. 26 Williams, Orlo. “New Novels: Lord Raingo”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 1289, 14 Oct. 1926, p. 694. 694 |
| Textual Production | Agatha Christie | In 1945 AC
was invited by the Ministry of Information
to write an essay on the English detective novel, as part of a campaign to promote English cultural institutions and the national way of life... |
Timeline
19 May 1940: Winston Churchill made his first BBC radio...
National or international item
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
August 1940: A Ministry of Information pamphlet appeared...
National or international item
August 1940
A Ministry of Information
pamphlet appeared under the title Loss of Eden. A Cautionary Tale. Re-issued in 1941 more openly called If Hitler
Comes, it dealt with the possible scenario of successful Nazi
Texts
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. La Démocratie anglaise en guerre. Ministry of Information, 1945.