' One sometimes gets the impression that the mere words " Socialism " and " Communism draw towards them with magnetic force every fruit-juice drinker, nudist, sandal-wearer, sex maniac, Quaker, "Nature-cure" quack, pacifist and feminist in England.' (GEORGE ORWELL-
The Road to Wigan Pier)
Edward Carpenter and Henry Salt were socialists who epitomised all those ideas Orwell found so detestable. Carpenter was a poet who inspired a generation, Salt was a pioneer of animals' rights.
Taking a fresh look at Salt and. Carpenter and their friends and contemporaries among the early Fabians, such as Shaw and the Webbs, D. A. N. Jones investigates the relationship between their contribution to socialism and their t crankiness '.
Taking part: LORD BROCKWAY, BENMY GREEN, JONATHAN MILLER , ASA BRIGGS, STEPHEN CLARK , SHEILA ROWBOTHAM , BRIGID BROPHY , NICHOLAS PEASE , DAME MARGARET COLE. CATHERINE SALT Producer ANTHONY WALL