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Here's the latest from the MOA. See <http://www.massobs.org.uk/news.html>
for further details.
BBC WOMAN'S HOUR
MOA director Dorothy Sheridan will be joining Mass-Observation researcher
Penny Summerfield and others for a special programme on women and the
second world war on Friday morning. See
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/>
Woman's Hour has broadcast a previous interview with Margaretta Jolly,
editor of Dear Laughing Motorbyke, a collection of letters from women
welders from the Mass-Observation Archive. See
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2005_26_fri_05.shtml>
HUMPHREY SPENDER CELEBRATION
Dorothy Sheridan attended a celebration of early Mass-Observation
photographer Humphrey Spender's life at Chelmsford Cathedral on 1 July.
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
Catherine Horwood
Keeping up appearances: Fashion and class between the wars
Sutton Publishing, 2005
A. James Hammerton and Alistair Thomson
Ten Pound Poms: Australia's Invisible Migrants
Manchester University Press, 2005
A collection of taped oral history interviews, personal accounts and
letters from this project has been donated to the Mass-Observation Archive
and reveals much about Britain as Australia.
SUMMER DIRECTIVE no. 75
The latest questionnaire to be sent to current Mass-Observers will be based
on the themes of the Universe and Outer space, Wildlife documentaries and
the General Election. The first two themes have been commissioned by
researchers Peter Dickens and Thomas Austin.
More news to follow: enjoy the summer!
Sandra
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