The Roots of Writing

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Part 1:
Introduction to the session by Melvyn Bragg. The experience of growing up in the East End.

Part 2:
Has the East End had a direct influence on the speakers’ writing?

Part 3:
The role of writing in everyday life. Writing as means of escape. The relation of writing to the wider world.

Part 4:
Writing as a way of rebuilding Jewish culture after the war.

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