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BBC flagship arts programme of the 1950s and 1960s.

Monitor: 12/10/1958

12/10/1958

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Edition of the arts documentary magazine programme featuring writer Aldous Huxley. (1958)

In this excerpt from the arts documentary magazine programme, John Lehmann speaks to Aldous Huxley as the novelist and essayist shares his thoughts on the art of writing. (1958)

In this arts documentary magazine programme, John Lehmann speaks to Aldous Huxley as the novelist and essayist shares his thoughts on the art of writing. Since World War II, Huxley has tended to concentrate on factual writing, yet he does not fear that he has lost faith in the novel. He does, however, speculate that recordings of spoken literature might one day take the place of written text.Please note, the original recording includes a brief dip in sound quality during this interview. (1958)

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