Record Number: 30936
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I don't see the "Spectator" now — I found it so tiresome and stuffy that I abandoned it for the "New Statesman", which is neither. But I really think a paper written by all the Strachey family must be monotonous.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 1924
Country:Iraq (Mesopotamia)
Timen/a
Place:city: Baghdad
specific address: own residence
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:16 Jul 1868
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Linguist, traveller, archaeologist, intelligence officer and Middle East political advisor
Religion:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Iraq (Mesopotamia)
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:New Statesman
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:30936
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/
Additional Information:
Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell, 9 January 1924 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=673
Citation:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30936, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Gertrude Bell had, in a letter to her stepmother 4 years earlier, originally asked her to cancel with W H Smith her subscription to the "Spectator" and send her the "New Statesman" instead.