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11 results found for '"Bookshops"' in Keywords.
Our kind of town (1980)
- Genre
- Documentary; Interview; Music
Our Kind of Town, presented by Keith Howell. This episode focuses on the history of Kentish Town, and spiritualist bookselling. Journalist, Gillian Tindall, author of The Fields Beneath, says transport was...
Erica Roe on Twickenham streak (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Erica Roe on the reasons behind her streak at Twickenham and the reaction of her family and employer, Frank Westwood, to the incident. (Roe ran topless across Twickenham Stadium during an England vs....
Erica Roe on Twickenham streak (1982)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the reaction of Erica Roe’s family and employer to her streak at Twickenham during a Rugby Union international between England and Australia. Includes interview with Roe. Male reporter not...
Salman Rushdie book pulled from shelves of W. H. Smith (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the arson threats that have forced W. H. Smith to withdraw The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie from its stores in Bradford. A copy was ceremonially burned by angry Muslims, forcing product manager...
Salman Rushdie on W. H. Smith’s withdrawal of his novel (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Author Salman Rushdie is interviewed on the decision of bookstore chain W. H. Smith to remove his new book, The Satanic Verses, from its shelves in Bradford due to protests by and threats from Muslim groups....
Collets bookshop fire bombed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
George Matheson reports on a fire bomb attack on a branch of Collets bookshop on the Charing Cross Road in London. The arson attack is thought to be part of the campaign against Salman Rushdie’s novel, The...
Collets bookshop fire bombed (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Gareth Furby interviews eyewitnesses, Mr and Mrs Jonathan Condliffe(?) about a fire bomb attack on a branch of Collets bookshop on the Charing Cross Road in London. The arson attack is thought to be part of...
Bomb attack on York bookshop (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Paul Kenyon reports on a bomb attack at a bookshop in York. Police have revealed the device went off before the alarm was raised through ITN, and a major disaster was only averted by the prompt action of...
Thatcher memoirs (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Book review
David Kermode reports on the first few sales of the Margaret Thatcher autobiography, Thatcher:The Downing Street Years, from Books etc at Broadgate. Manager Richard Joseph is interviewed. Vox pop with buyers.
IRA bombs London stores (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Peter Deeley reports on IRA bombs in stores in London and interviews Jonathan White, manager of Dillons Bookshop on the Strand, one of the shops involved. No one was hurt. The 3 other shops on Oxford Street...