Tag Archives: BBC Sunday Feature
What made America great? On the trail of Laura Ingalls Wilder
It was the 2008 crash that somehow inspired me to finally read the Little House on the Prairie books. I was clearly craving comfort, safety, a kind of nostalgia for a vaguely remembered 70s girlhood in which I half watched … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Children, Culture, Film, History, Politics, Radio, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged almanzo wilder, ayn rand, BBC America, BBC Sunday Feature, dean butler, laura ingalls wilder, mansfield missouri, Radio 3, rose wilder lane, the fountainhead, USA
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On location for HG Wells and the H Bomb
As well as this documentary I’ve written this feature for BBC Culture about how the Atom Bomb changed our culture and imagination. And I discuss it with Robert Elms on BBC London here. Listen from 1 hr 39 minutes. In … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, History, Politics, Radio, Science, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Uncategorized, War
Tagged Atomic bomb, BBC Sunday Feature, HG Wells, Jacob Bronowski, Leo Szilard, literature, politics, Radio 3, The World Set Free, Things to Come, war, Winston Churchill
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