| Evidence: | 'The weary Press caustically reported a current quip: "Good news at last! Two of our generals were captured at Tobruk!" and the "Sunday Express" philosopher, Nathaniel Gubbins, produced a characteristic comment: "The worse the news is, the more we talk about what we are going to do with Germany after the war."' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | From: 1 Apr 1942 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Vera Brittain |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1893 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Nathaniel Gubbins |
| Title: | comment in the "Sunday Express" |
| Genre: | Politics, current affairs |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | 1942 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28362 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Experience | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 296 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 296, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28362, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
| This extract also includes a non-specific Press comment. |
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