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« My Friends the Greeks '
Dilys Powell
Dilys powell married the late
Humfry Payne , whose discoveries in connection with the archaic marbles of the Acropolis won him fame at the age of thirty-nine. On their marriage they went out to Athens,
Humfry Payne then being a student of the British School of Archæology.
Every year since then she has spent her summers in Greece, travelling extensively and unconventionally—on foot and on muleback.
In 1929 her husband was made
Director of the British School, and from then until his death in 1936 she regularly accompanied him on archæological expeditions. She was living in Athens at the time of the revolutions of 1933 and 1935 the coup d’état of August, 1936.
For the last year Dilys Powell has been on the editorial staff of the Sunday Times. author of a critical study of contemporary poetry 'Descent from Parnassus .’.

Contributors

Unknown:
Dilys Powell
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Dilys Powell
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Humfry Payne
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Humfry Payne
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Dilys Powell

(All arranged by Kennedy-Fraser)
Margaret Kennedy (contralto), accompanied by Marine Kennedy -
Fraser: The Bens of Jura. Heart o' Fire Love. Dcidre's Farewell to Scotland. An Eriskay Lullaby
Patuffa Kennedy-Fraser (to her own harp accompaniment) : The Mull-Fisher's Love Song. Islay Reaper's Song. A Fairy Plaint.
Pulling the Sea Dulse

Contributors

Contralto:
Margaret Kennedy
Accompanied By:
Marine Kennedy
Unknown:
Patuffa Kennedy-Fraser

Regional Programme London

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Regional Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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