When Winston Went to War with the Wireless

Text of the day: “Most of the good things in this world are badly distributed and most people have to go without them. But the wireless… The BBC. It does not matter how many thousands may be listening, there is always enough for others. The genius and the fool, the wealthy and the poor listen as one. It makes the nation one man.” (Reith in Jack Thorne’s When Winston Went to War with the Wireless)

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