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MS 1959/25/14/1
MS 1959/25/14/1
2001
Carpenter talks about meeting Tolkien, the writer's home, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and World Wars 1 and 2, Tolkien's portrayals of evil, writing process, audiences, Tolkien's childhood, religion,...
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MS 1959/26/15/1
MS 1959/26/15/1
17/01/2003
Hytner discusses His Dark Materials, storytelling, the National Theatre staging Pullman's work, teenage audiences, dealing with spiritual themes, organised religion and morality, comparisons with CS L...
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MS 1959/27/15/1
MS 1959/27/15/1
05/04/2004
Interior and exterior of a lighthouse, views of the sea, a child alone in a run-down mid twentieth century domestic setting; Winterson standing on a moor, in a lane behind terraced houses, a view over...
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MS 1959/27/27/1
MS 1959/27/27/1
12/12/2004
Discusses writing, working as a reporter, getting published; childhood, Danish and Swedish family background, not going to university, reading; Wexford, Kingsmarkham, changes in English towns, Simisol...
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MS 1959/29/6/1
MS 1959/29/6/1
14/12/2005
Talk about James' work, changes in policing. Shots of the museum's exhibits as Baker talks James through various cases, death masks, and weapons.
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MS 1959/31/14/1
MS 1959/31/14/1
2008
[Camera on Bragg] Influence of Northern writers on Peace, This Sporting Life as model for The Damned Utd, the Yorkshire Ripper, the miners' strike, early writing, fiction vs non-fiction, language chan...
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MS 1959/31/15/1
MS 1959/31/15/1
15/05/2008
Discussing America and war, imperialism, music, AIDS, guilt. Vidal is less coherent than other videos. Gore Vidal reads aloud from his memoir Point to Point Navigation. Shots of photographs, art and b...
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MS 1959/31/16/1
MS 1959/31/16/1
05/03/2008
Black and white film about Pembrokeshire, sponsored by Esso. Appears to be an incomplete copy- a colour version with added scenes and narration (1960) is available via the British Film Institute, at h...
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MS 1959/27/27/10
MS 1959/27/27/10
12/08/2004