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Record Number: 25223


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

My objection to the policy of the 'Express' of late is that I can’t understand it—nor have I met anyone else who can. Therefore, however good the policy may be, the paper fails as the vehicle of it. . . . Lastly I will mention the question of your recent headlines. Considering that the immense psychological effect of headlines is largely the creation of people like yourself, Blum, and the Harmsworths, I think the Express might handle headlines with greater care than apparently it has been doing.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 7 Dec 1923

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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:

Arnold Bennett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 May 1867

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer/journalist/reviewer

Religion:

Christian

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:

Title:

Express

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

25223

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

III

Page:

206

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Arnold Bennett to Lord Beaverbrook, from 75, Cadogan Square, dated 7th December 1923

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.III 1916 -1931 (London: Oxford University Press, 1970), III, p. 206, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25223, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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