BBC RADIO 4 'BOOK OF THE WEEK' The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British institution unlike any other & its story during the Second World War is also our story This was Britain's first total war engaging the whole nation & the wireless played a crucial role in it For the first time news of the conflict reached every living room
- sometimes almost as it happened; & at key moments
- Chamberlain's announcement of war the Blitz the D-Day landings
- the BBC was there defining how these events would pass into our collective memory Auntie's War is a love letter to radio While these were the years when ' Auntie'
- the BBC's enduring nickname
- earnt her reputation for bossiness they were also a period of truly remarkable voices Churchill's fighting speeches de Gaulle's broadcasts from exile J B Priestley Ed Murrow George Orwell Richard Dimbleby & Vera Lynn Radio offered an incomparable tool for propaganda; it was how coded messages both political & personal were sent across Europe & it was a means of sending less than truthful information to the enemy At the same time eyewitness testimonies gave a voice to everyone securing the BBC's reputation as reliable purveyor of the truth Edward Stourton is a sharp-eyed wry & affectionate companion on the BBC's wartime journey investigating archives diaries letters & memoirs to examine what the BBC was & what it stood for Full of astonishing little-known incidents battles with Whitehall warriors & Churchill himself & with a cast of brilliant characters Auntie's War is much more than a portrait of a beloved institution at a critical time It is also a unique portrayal of the British in wartime & an incomparable insight into why we have the broadcast culture we do today




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On doctor's orders Bertie Wooster retires to the village of Maiden Eggesford but his rest-cure is interrupted by Aunt Dahlia who wants him to nobble a racehorse Vanessa Cook who wants him to act as go-between for her & Orlo Porter
- & Orlo Porter himself who would tear Bertie if he ever discovered that Bertie & Vanessa were once engaged 192 pages None Wodehouse P G
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A Jeeves & Wooster novel Bertie Wooster has been overdoing metropolitan life a bit & the doctor orders fresh air in the depths of the country But after moving with Jeeves to his cottage at Maiden Eggesford Bertie soon finds himself surrounded by aunts
- not only his redoubtable Aunt Dahlia but an aunt of Jeeves's too Add a hyper-sensitive racehorse a very important cat & a decidedly bossy fiancee
- & all the ingredients are present for a plot in which aunts can exert their terrible authority But Jeeves of course can cope with everything
- even aunts & even the country The final Jeeves & Wooster novel shows PG Wodehouse still able to delight well into his nineties


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Prepare yourself for an extraordinary journey like never before as you encounter the World of he Sacred Rings This first-person point-&-click adventure is the sequel to Aura Fate of the Ages Play as Umang as you awake & find yourself alone in a strange dark & unwelcoming world Clenched in your fist lies a series of rings
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