BRACERS Record Detail for 48083

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
70
Box no.
6.42
Source if not BR
George Allen and Unwin Ltd.
Recipient(s)
Allen and Unwin
Unwin, Stanley
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1947/03/31
Form of letter
ALS(X)
Pieces
2
BR's address code (if sender)
LDH
Notes and topics

BR is indignant about paper and if not affected much himself would like to raise the matter in the House of Lords: "... the subordination of books to cinemas and greyhound racing is utterly abominable."

Transcription

BR TO ALLEN AND UNWIN / STANLEY UNWIN, 31 MAR. 1947
BRACERS 48083. ALS(X). George Allen and Unwin Ltd.
Proofread by K. Blackwell


<letterhead>
27 Dorset House
Gloucester Place
N.W.1.
31 March 1947

Dear Unwin

I am very indignant with the Government on the subject of paper, as no doubt you are also. I should be very grateful if you would give me a rough estimate of how I am likely to be affected financially, and whether the reprint of my History is put off indefinitely. If I am not much affected in my own pocket, I should like to raise the matter in the Lords, in which case I imagine you could brief me.

Quite independently of how it affects me, I think the subordination of books to cinemas and greyhound racing is utterly abominable.

I shall be grateful if you will write to me both on the public and on the private issue.

Yours sincerely
Bertrand Russell.

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
48083
Record created
Dec 05, 2005
Record last modified
Oct 03, 2023
Created/last modified by
duncana