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  • Interviewing journalist James Cameron while Studs was in London ; part 1

    1968
  • Interviewing Ivy Compton Burnett while Studs was in England

    Dec. 1, 1962
  • Jim Haynes headshot

    Interviewing impresario Jim Haynes while Studs in England ; part 2

    1968
  • Jim Haynes

    Interviewing impresario Jim Haynes while Studs in England ; part 1

    1968
  • Interviewing Hugh Carleton Greene, Director-general of the BBC while Studs was in England

    Nov. 22, 1962
  • Dr. Jacob Bronowski

    Interviewing Dr. Jacob Bronowski at home of Geoffrey Bridsen while Studs was in London

    Dec. 1, 1962
  • Interviewing Colin MacInnes in London while Studs was in England

    Nov. 1, 1962
  • Interviewing C. P. Snow and Sir Charles at his London home while Studs was in England

    Dec. 1, 1962
  • Interviewing Andrew Forge, British artist and art critic, while Studs was in London, England

    Dec. 1, 1962
  • Interviewing A. S. Neill at Summerhill while Studs was in England

    Nov. 1, 1962
  • Interviewing with Jack M., a porter while Studs was in England

    1968
  • Sir Allen Lane

    Interview with Sir Allen Lane

    1962

    Studs discusses books with Sir Allen Lane and labor with his driver, Clifford Bosley, while Studs was visiting the UK in 1962. The main topic of conversation with Sir Allen Lane is the history of paperback books in both the UK and the US. Lane, along with his brothers Richard and John Lane, founded Penguin Books in 1935. This made both fiction and nonfiction literature widely available to the general public. Literacy amongst the masses is discussed, as is censorship. Studs' interview with Clifford Bosley begins at 32:33.

  • Sir Allen Lane

    Interview with Sir Allen Lane

    1962

    Studs discusses labor with Sir Allen Lane's driver, Clifford Bosley, while Studs was visiting the UK in 1962. Studs and Bosley discusses life in Wales for coal mining families. Topics include literacy, camaraderie, singing, health concerns, and culture amongst colliers and their families.

  • Interview with Mr. & Mrs. David Heppelwhite

    Sep. 22, 1970

    Discussing British depression with Mr. & Mrs. David Heppelwhite of Jarrow (part 1) while Studs was in England.

  • Interview with Michael Frayn ; part 2

    1968

    Interviewing satirist Michael Frayn, followed by excerpts of humor by Spike Milligan, Flanders & Swann, Cooke & Moore while Studs was in London.

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