Mail at last
We forget, swamped as we are with constant connectivity, the past hunger for letters and news when travelling. I remember...
Of boats and books
Another example of Steinbeck's search for a perfect writing spot, in different houses, places, times of his life, as described...
War in all its gory
Steinbeck met a number of people in the Soviet Union who had survived the worst depredations of the Second World...
When did you begin?
Recently I read an old penny-paperback of The Grapes of Wrath. Â I was about three-quarters of the way through when...
Of pens and pencils
Listening time: under 3 minutes. Â
This is a charming account of negotiating communist bureaucracy at the height of...
A capacious book thief
Steinbeck and Robert Capa spent a month in the Soviet Union. It took some time for Steinbeck to cotton on...
All you need is love
Another description by Steinbeck's widow of yet another of his writing spaces, which comprised mostly rooms but some other curious...
The translation of thinking
Steinbeck seeks to understand the difficulties his interpreters faced when supporting him on his trip to the Soviet Union with...
War wounds
Listening time: 4 minutes.
Among the warm-hearted and even funny accounts of people they met in the Soviet...
News then, and now?
John Steinbeck's analysis of the nature of news at the height of the Cold War resonates still, drawing attention to...
Three in one
Listening time: under 4 minutes. One of the finest pieces of prose I have read in a long...
The age of rumours
Why let facts get in the way of a good prejudice? When John Steinbeck and Robert Capa let people know...
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