qtd. in
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Ivy Compton-Burnett | Leonard Woolf's decision proved a mistake. The book was not only praised to the skies by young, advanced reviewers, but also made the secondary Book of the Month for May by the newly-formed Book Society |
| Literary responses | Dodie Smith | The book was immediately popular. Noel Streatfeild
chose it as her Book of the Month in Young Elizabethan magazine, and Foyle's Children's Book Club
bought 20,000 copies. Reviews were glowing: the Times Literary Supplement described... |
| Literary responses | Ethel Wilson | The reviews in England were positive. Seán O'Faoláin
wrote in the BBC
journal the Listener that The Equations of Love exemplified how English ought to be written, and called EWone of the most charming... |
| Literary responses | Catherine Byron | In a positive review for BBC
Radio Ulster, Sean Rafferty
identified this work not only as autobiography and literary criticism, but also as a piece of travel-writing: I expected a critical academic tome. What I... |
| Literary responses | Penelope Shuttle | Rosemary Dinnage
in a Times Literary Supplement review contrasted contemporary openness about childbirth with the continuing block on mentioning menstruation. She cited a recent example in which Margaret Drabble
had mentioned the subject on BBC |
| 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 | Nina Bawden | Sheila Mitchell
, commenting on this novel on BBC
radio, called it one of the best she had read about the family situation as we have it nowadays. |
| Literary responses | Harriett Mozley | Critic Kathleen Tillotson
gave a talk on the BBC
Third Programme entitled Newman's Sister Harriett and The Fairy Bower. Neither this nor her essay published in 1965 produced any revival of scholarly interest in HM
. Tillotson, Kathleen et al. “Harriett Mozley”. Mid-Victorian Studies, Athlone Press, 1965, pp. 38-48. 38 |
| Literary responses | Sylvia Pankhurst | The book was well received, and enhanced SP
's reputation with the general public. George Bernard Shaw
praised it in a speech on the BBC
in which he compared SP
to Joan of Arc
... |
| Literary responses | Cecil Frances Alexander | This hymn received the seal of approval from American evangelist Ira David Sankey
, who sang it on the site of Calvary Hill in Jerusalem. McMahon, Séan. “All Things Bright and Beautiful”. Éire-Ireland: A Journal of Irish Studies, Vol. 10 , No. 4, Irish American Cultural Institute, 1995, pp. 101-9. 108 |
| Literary responses | Muriel Spark | The London theatre critics were scathing, with only two exceptions (though one of these, Harold Hobson
, carried a lot of weight). Pamela Hansford Johnson
trounced the play on the BBC
's radio programme The... |
| Literary responses | Anna Leonowens | |
| Literary responses | Frances Bellerby | The reviewer on the BBC
Western Region found them almost unbearably poignant. qtd. in Gittings, Robert, and Frances Bellerby. “Introduction”. Selected Poems, edited by Anne Stevenson and Anne Stevenson, Enitharmon Press, 1986. 31 |
| Literary responses | Christina Rossetti | A BBC
broadcast about Victorian women hymn-writers in 2003 offered the unequivocal opinion that the question opening the poem's ultimate stanza—What shall I bring him, poor as I am?—is not simply an expression... |
| Literary responses | Michèle Roberts | Local audiences drank the play up. Most reviewers were appreciative, but the BBC
programme Kaleidoscope thought Psyche's portrayed need and longing for Eros un-feminist. Roberts, Michèle. Paper Houses. Virago, 2007. 292 |
Timeline
8 May 1945: This day, the one following the formal, unconditional...
National or international item
8 May 1945
This day, the one following the formal, unconditional German surrender to the Allies at Rheims in France, was called V. E. Day or VE Day.
Messenger, Charles. World War Two Chronological Atlas: When, Where, How and Why. Bloomsbury, 1989.
223, 226-7
Keegan, John. The Second World War. Viking, 1990.
529, 533
Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World At Arms: A Global History of World War II. Cambridge University Press, 1994.
825-7
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
378
Late 1945: André Deutsch established the publishing...
Writing climate item
Late 1945
André Deutsch
established the publishing firm Allan Wingate
in Great Cumberland Street, London.
Rose, Jonathan, and Patricia J. Anderson, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 112. Gale Research, 1991.
95, 342
Mumby, Frank Arthur, and Ian Norrie. Mumby’s Publishing and Bookselling in the Twentieth Century. 6th ed., Bell and Hyman, 1982.
89-90
3 September 1945: The Forces Educational Broadcasts began on...
National or international item
3 September 1945
The Forces Educational Broadcasts began on BBC
radio.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
378
4 March 1946: The BBC broadcast the first Housewives' Choice...
Building item
4 March 1946
The BBC
broadcast the first Housewives' Choice programme.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
379
24 March 1946: Alistair Cooke made his first Letter from...
Writing climate item
24 March 1946
Alistair Cooke
made his first Letter from America broadcast for the BBC
. This series was meant to run for thirteen weeks, but when its last new instalment aired on 20 February 2004 it was...
7 June 1946: The BBC television service resumed after...
Building item
7 June 1946
The BBC
television service resumed after the war.
BBC Handbook: 1960. BBC, 1960, http://U of A HSS HE 8690 B86.
239
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
379
8 June 1946: Britain's Victory Parade marking the end...
National or international item
8 June 1946
Britain's Victory Parade marking the end of the Second World War was televised by the BBC
.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
379
7 July 1946: BBC television broadcast to children for...
National or international item
7 July 1946
BBC
television broadcast to children for the first time, in For the Children.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
379
29 September 1946: The BBC's Third Programme began radio br...
Writing climate item
29 September 1946
The BBC
's Third Programme
began radio broadcasting.
Whitehead, Kate. The Third Programme: A Literary History. Clarendon Press, 1989, http://UofA Rutherford North.
1
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
379
7 October 1946: The BBC first broadcast a new programme:...
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7 October 1946
The BBC
first broadcast a new programme: Woman's Hour. (It succeeded to a short-lived Women's Hour, first broadcast on 2 May 1923.)
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
379
6 February 1947: The Fourteen-Day Rule was formalized in Britain,...
National or international item
6 February 1947
The Fourteen-Day Rule was formalized in Britain, by which no bill coming before parliament within the next two weeks was to be discussed on the BBC
.
Mount, Ferdinand. “Living with Monsters”. London Review of Books, Vol.
32
, No. 8, 22 Apr. 2010, pp. 24-6. 25-6
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Ian Jacob
Paulu, Burton. Television and Radio in the United Kingdom. University of Minnesota Press, 1981.
208-9
6 November 1947: Designed for Women with Jeanne Heal was first...
Building item
6 November 1947
Designed for Women with Jeanne Heal
was first aired on BBC
television.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
380
20 November 1947: Princess Elizabeth married the Duke of Edinburgh;...
National or international item
20 November 1947
Princess Elizabeth
married the Duke of Edinburgh
; BBC
radio broadcast the wedding service, and BBC television covered the procession as well.
Briggs, Asa. The BBC: The First Fifty Years. Oxford University Press, 1985.
380
1948: Leading obstetrician and gynaecologist Josephine...
Building item
1948
Leading obstetrician and gynaecologist Josephine Barnes
gave great offence with a series of talks on BBC radio
about women's health. Subjects like bleeding, ovaries, and hormonal changes were deemed unfit for airing in public.
George, Rose. “The known unknowns of menopause”. Guardian Weekly, 8 Jan. 2016, pp. 26-30.
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1948: Leading obstetrician and gynaecologist Josephine...
Building item
1948
Leading obstetrician and gynaecologist Josephine Barnes
gave great offence with a series of talks on BBC radio
about women's health. Subjects like bleeding, ovaries, and hormonal changes were deemed unfit for airing in public.
George, Rose. “The known unknowns of menopause”. Guardian Weekly, 8 Jan. 2016, pp. 26-30.
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