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3. The Road to Bloomsbury
Episode 3 of 5
William Guest struggles to come to terms with the utopian London of the 21st century. Read by David Burke.
William Guest struggles to come to terms with the utopian London of the 21st century....
First published in 1890, William Morris's utopian vision of a future England which had left industrialisation behind.
Abridged by Donald Bancroft.
Read by David Burke.
William Morris (1834 -1896) was an English designer, craftsman, poet, and early socialist.
His decorative designs greatly influenced the rise of the Arts and Crafts movement in England and revolutionised Victorian taste.
Producer: Marilyn Imrie
First broadcast on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4 in March 1990.
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