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Employer Diana Athill
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...
Employer Una Marson
UM found herself in London when World War Two began. She volunteered as an air raid shelter marshal, on the grounds that this would still leave time for her writing. She also attempted to impress...
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
as a Second World War lecturer with the Ministry of Information , awelfare supervisor with ENSA, the Entertainments National Service Association , and a...
Employer Una Marson
The programme, modelled after Voice, featured readings from the work of West Indian writers. Because few Caribbean writers were living in London during the war, their work was read primarily from Jamaican literary journals...
Employer Berta Ruck
After the Second World War, BR became a broadcaster on Welsh radio; later on she branched out into BBC television.
Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press, 1993.
Family and Intimate relationships Louise Page
LP is married to Christopher Hawes , a fellow author and former drama teacher, who like her often works for the BBC .
“Louise Page”. British Council. contemporarywriters.
“Christopher Hawes”. Pollinger Limited. authors’ agents, 2006.
Family and Intimate relationships Jackie Kay
In her memoirs JK mentions her partner Denise Else , who is on good terms with Duffy and her daughter. Else works as a sound technician with the BBC .
Kay, Jackie. Red Dust Road. Pan Macmillan, 2010.
123, 177-8
Rustin, Susanna. “A Life in Writing. Jackie Kay Interview”. The Guardian, 27 Apr. 2012, pp. Review 12 - 13.
Review 13
Family and Intimate relationships Angela Thirkell
At sixteen he left Australia (shortly after his mother returned to England) for Brussels, where he worked in business until, in 1935, he moved to England himself. He studied art, served in the army during...
Family and Intimate relationships J. K. Rowling
JFK investigated her mother's French roots and made a television programme for BBC One about the results in April 2012. Her great-grandfather, Louis Volant, was born illegitimate in Paris, had a successful career in London...
Family and Intimate relationships Nina Bawden
Austen Kark came to hold a high position in the BBC 's overseas service. The couple's daughter, Perdita, was born in 1957. By 2004 NB had grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her husband, Austen Kark, was killed...
Family and Intimate relationships Kamila Shamsie
Hosain remained in London, and eventually took up a job with the BBC . During her time as a broadcaster, she presented her own women's programme for the BBC's Eastern Service, worked variously for the...
Family and Intimate relationships Joanna Trollope
In 1985 JT married her second husband, Ian Curteis , a television director and dramatist known particularly for documentaries, dramatised biographies, and for challenging the left-wing hegemony at the BBC . His works include an...
Family and Intimate relationships Jane Gardam
JG 's younger son, Tom, caused her terror in his teens when a large hole was discovered in his thigh bone. He recovered, however. Her eldest, Tim , after a successful career with the BBC
Family and Intimate relationships Elizabeth Bowen
Cameron was Assistant Secretary for Education in Northamptonshire; he then became Secretary for Education in Oxfordshire, and later worked in schools programming for the BBC . The marriage was a surprise to his friends, who...
Family and Intimate relationships Samuel Beckett
Following several other love-affairs (the earliest with a cousin, Peggy Sinclair , who died young in 1933), SB shared his life from about this time with pianist Suzanne Deschevaux-Dumesnil , whom he married in 1961...

Timeline

16 January 1929: The Listener began publication; it has been...

Writing climate item

16 January 1929

The Listener began publication; it has been said that it did more for the new 'thirties poetry in Britain than any of the specialized poetry magazines.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
144, 237
Dowson, Jane, editor. Women’s Poetry of the 1930s: A Critical Anthology. Routledge, 1996.
175
Hobsbawm, Eric John. “C (for Crisis)”. London Review of Books, Vol.
31
, No. 15, 6 Aug. 2009, pp. 12-13.
12
Wilmers, Mary-Kay. “Diary”. London Review of Books, Vol.
36
, No. 19, 9 Oct. 2014, p. 45.

July 1929: J. B. Priestley published his novel The Good...

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July 1929

J. B. Priestley published his novel The Good Companions, which became a best-seller and made his name.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

21 January 1930: King George V's speech from the House of...

National or international item

21 January 1930

King George V 's speech from the House of Lords opening the London Naval Conference was broadcast by the BBC to several countries around the world.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
237

May 1930: Factory-produced television sets (the Baird...

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May 1930

Factory-produced television sets (the Bairdtelevisor) went on sale for 25 guineas in the UK.
Briggs, Asa. The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom. Oxford University Press, 1961, 5 vols.
2: 549
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
126
Singer, Charles et al., editors. A History of Technology. Clarendon, 1958, 8 vols.
7: 1260

14 July 1930: The first televised play was broadcast by...

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14 July 1930

The first televised play was broadcast by the BBC : Lance Sieveking and Sydney Moseley 's production of Pirandello 's experimental The Man with the Flower in his Mouth.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
370
Harris, Melvin. ITN Book of Firsts. Michael O’Mara Books, 1994.
126

4 December 1931: The BBC announced the resignation of Hilda...

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4 December 1931

The BBC announced the resignation of Hilda Matheson , its director of talks, which she had actually submitted in October. This was the climax of a long-running struggle over a series of talks by Harold Nicolson

1932: The BBC adopted a policy restricting their...

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1932

The BBC adopted a policy restricting their employment of married women.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.

2 May 1932: Broadcasting House at Portland Place, London,...

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2 May 1932

Broadcasting House at Portland Place, London, opened as home of the British Broadcasting Corporation .
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
238
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
375
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
370

19 December 1932: The BBC launched the Empire Service; this...

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19 December 1932

The BBC launched the Empire Service; this developed into the World Service , broadcasting around the world.
Guardian Weekly.
(17-21 November 2002): 8

28 July 1933: Sheila Borrett became the BBC's first female...

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28 July 1933

Sheila Borrett became the BBC 's first female radio announcer.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
371

21 August 1933: The BBC news was first read by a woman announcer;...

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21 August 1933

The BBC news was first read by a woman announcer; the practice was soon discontinued.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
371

29 November 1934: BBC radio presented its first broadcast of...

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29 November 1934

BBC radio presented its first broadcast of a royal wedding ceremony (the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina ) from Westminster Abbey.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
371

20 January 1936: King George V died and Edward VIII assumed...

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20 January 1936

King George V died and Edward VIII assumed the throne; he broadcast a message to the Empire the same day from the BBC 's headquarters, Broadcasting House.
Briggs, Asa. The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom. Oxford University Press, 1961, 5 vols.
1: 372

31 August 1936: Elizabeth Cowell became the BBC's first female...

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31 August 1936

Elizabeth Cowell became the BBC 's first female television announcer.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
372

2 November 1936: The BBC began the world's first regular public...

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2 November 1936

The BBC began the world's first regular public television service from Alexandra Palace in London.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
381

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