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The Listener magazine: images from the archive

The Listener: George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
23 June 1937
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: HG Wells
HG Wells
22 December 1937
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Lewis Carroll, Tutor and Mathematician
"Lewis Carroll, tutor and mathematician"
100 years ago the literary genius was born - a special exhibition in July celebrates Carrolliana
13/01/1932
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: The Witnesses
The Witnesses
A poem by WH Auden
12/07/1933
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Christmas message broadcast from King George V
Christmas message broadcast from King George V
03/01/1934
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Prince Edward's Farewell
Prince Edward's Farewell
The abdication speech of Edward VIII
16/12/1936
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov
3 November 1938
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: HM The Queen's message to the women of the empire
HM The Queen's message to the women of the empire
The Queen broadcasts to the women of the empire 'I am proud of you' on 11 April 1943
15/04/1943
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Egypt - On and Below the Surface
"Egypt - on and below the surface"
Lord Kinross
23/08/1951
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: EM Forster on his Life and his Books
EM Forster on his Life and his Books
An interview recorded for television
01/01/1959
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Somerset Maugham
Somerset Maugham
26 July 1962
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Light and Dark in Dickens by Angus Wilson
"Light and dark in Dickens" by Angus Wilson
Wilson discusses the story-telling of Dickens
28/05/1970
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer
21 January 1971
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Margaret Drabble
Margaret Drabble
4 Thursday 1968
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: The Beatles in Their Prime
"The Beatles in their prime"
Tim Souster reminisces over The Beatles' greatest tracks and theorises why the band split
15/04/1971
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Unemployment in the Seventies
"Unemployment in the Seventies"
Dorothy Wedderburn examines why the unemployment figures are the highest they have been since 1940
12/08/1971
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Graham Greene
Graham Greene
16 March 1978
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Iran: Searching For A Strategy
"Iran: Searching For A Strategy"
Christopher Lee
18/01/1979
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener:
"Confronting terrorism" cover
8 January 1987
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Michael Holroyd
Michael Holroyd
8 September 1988
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter
27 October 1988
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Dennis Potter
Dennis Potter
1 June 1989
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
The Listener: Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman
16 August 1990
Photograph: The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
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