On the subject of H.G. Wells and the BBC, did you know that there was a
Wells-George Orwell controversy on the BBC? You may find it in the
(two-volume) collection of Orwell's BBC broadcast texts (author escapes me
for the moment). (Orwell, of course, was a BBC broadcaster and scritp-writer
iin the ealy years of WWII).
Orwell's differences with Wells went back to the mid-thirties; Orwell's
Coming Up for Air is a parody of Wells's Men Like Gods (see my essay on
this).
Good luck with your research.
Howard Fink.
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From: "Todd Avery" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 11:37 AM
Subject: [BBC-HISTORY] "Masters of Broadcasting" LISTENER 19/1/39
>I am writing an essay on H. G. Wells's involvement with the BBC and am
> intrigued by a photo collage, including Wells, that was published in the
> LISTENER on 19 January 1939 (the tenth anniversary issue) titled "Masters
> of the Microphone." The "masters" are standing---someplace---under a
> Latin motto. I am writing in the hopes that someone might be able to 1)
> confirm my suspicion that the location is the lobby of Broadcasting House,
> and 2) tell me what the third word---the first word after "Deo
> omnipotenti"---of the motto is (cut out of the frame). In addition, does
> anyone on the list happen to know whether a translation of the motto has
> been published. I am having it translated, but would like to cite any
> previous source.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Todd Avery
> Assistant Professor of English
> University of Massachusetts Lowell
> 61 Wilder Street
> Lowell, MA 01854
>
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