BRACERS Record Detail for 132440

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
1831
Recipient(s)
Arlott, John
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1951/03/26
Full date (Estimate)
1951/03/26
Form of letter
ALS(DX)
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
LRI
Notes and topics

The letter was found at https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/61100950_russell-bertrand-1872-197…;

Arlott worked for the BBC. "The Rewards of Philosophy" was a 1948 broadcast (excerpted as BR C48.06). The entire broadcast is Paper 34 in Papers 11.

BR uses Conrad's title in providing his address. Arlott was a premier commentator on cricket for the BBC, covering many test matches: in 2015 the BBC ran a programme "John Arlott: Cricket's Radical Voice".

Transcription

BR TO JOHN ARLOTT, 26 MAR. 1951
BRACERS 132440. ALS. Internet print
Proofread by K. Blackwell


41 Queen’s Road1
Richmond Surrey
26.3.51

Dear Mr Arlott

Thank you for your kind letter. I am much gratified by what you say about “The Rewards of Philosophy”. My book on Bolshevism was reprinted by Allen and Unwin not long ago, and should be easy to obtain. I have only one copy, or I would send you one. I return the two books you sent duly autographed.

I am sure Conrad would be overjoyed to get a book on cricket from you. His address is: The Hon. Conrad Russell, The College, Eton.

Yours sincerely
Russell

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Permission
Everyone
Image
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
132440
Record created
Aug 07, 2021
Record last modified
May 16, 2026
Created/last modified by
blackwk