1922: Reader's Digest
The "agreggator" of trending stories of its day - how a magazine revolutionised reading.
Arts & Ideas · BBC Radio 4
August 1, 202214m 51s
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Show Notes
Reader’s Digest magazine is celebrating its centenary this year. In the first of a series of features looking back at cultural milestones in 1922 – the year the BBC was founded – Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough finds out about the history of the Reader’s Digest talking to Professor Sarah Churchwell and Dr Victoria Bazin.
Producer: Torquil MacLeod