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Record Number: 10324


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I should say in justice to myself that I am absolutely unmoved, except by impatience, at the daily twitterings of the leader writers in the press, I read them, Garvin and all, for they make light reading and are often entertaining, sometimes even instructive.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1940 and 30 Apr 1940

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

[Newspapers]

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

10324

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

File Report 126, May 1940, Report on the Press, Notes contents of newspapers; control of press; reading public; belief in news; opinion formation, p. 11, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk,

Citation:

File Report 126, May 1940, Report on the Press, Notes contents of newspapers; control of press; reading public; belief in news; opinion formation, p. 11, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=10324, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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