An autograph manuscript by A A Milne with six numbered statements predicting the future course of World War II under the title ‘Programme for the Next 3 Months’. Includes a sketch of a hippopotamus, named ‘Belisha the Hippotish’, dressed in a long coat and wearing a wide brimmed hat. The name ‘Be...
Two volumes of anonymous love letters identified as being between Francis Smyth and Mary Plumer
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Forty anonymous love letters identified as being between Francis Smyth (1737-1809) and Mary Plumer (1741-1824), transcribed in two volumes. The majority of people and place names are anonymised, with some names added later in pencil. The volumes document the romantic, financial, familial, and soc...
Volume 1: Anonymous love letters identified as being between Francis Smyth (1737-1809) and Mary Plumer (1741-1824)
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Volume 1: Containing anonymous love letters numbered 1-23 identified as being between Francis Smyth and Mary Plumer discussing their romantic, financial, familial and social affairs.
Volume 2: Anonymous love letters identified as being between Francis Smyth (1737-1809) and Mary Plumer (1741-1824)
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Volume 2: Containing anonymous love letters numbered 24-41 identified as being between Francis Smyth and Mary Plumer discussing their romantic, financial, familial, and social affairs.
Panorama is a current affairs documentary programme shown on BBC Television. First broadcast in 1953, it features interviews and investigative reports covering a wide variety of subjects. This archive contains full- or part-transcripts of programmes for Panorama (1956-61), six transcripts for pr...
Transcripts for Panorama programmes for: June 25: Includes ‘Ten days to die’ film and discussion on Hitler, automation, flying saucers, Antique Dealers Fair. July 9: Includes future of communism, redundancies at BMC motors, George Scott’s book ‘Time and Place’ and John Osborne’s play ‘Look back ...
Transcripts for Panorama programmes for: November 5: Includes Britain and the Middle East, Hungary, US presidential election. November 12: Includes Russian presence in the Middle East, Hungary, The Commonwealth and response to Britain’s role in the Suez crisis, United Nations and the Suez crisis...
Transcripts for Panorama programmes for: January 7: Includes Gorbals district of Glasgow, refugees in England from Egypt, Flanders and Swann, doctors’ pay, British contribution to International Geophysical Year. January 14: Includes a new PM in Britain (Harold Macmillan), Ghana’s independence, A...
Transcripts for Panorama programmes for: 1958 January 13: Includes Sahara Desert, Scotland Yard detective John Capstick, Malta, coal rationing, the South Pole, English spelling. March 3: Includes the Labour Party’s ‘Victory for Socialism’ group and interview with Hugh Gaitskell, ice cream, In...
Transcripts for Panorama programmes for: June 13: Includes US satellite TIROS, report from Burnley, Loch Ness Monster. June 20: (Extract from Panorama). Space exploration. October 31: Includes floods in UK, US Presidential election, problems in the UK motor industry. November 7: US President...