priestley's life Flashcards
1
Q
which war did he fight in and when was he wounded?
A
he fought in ww1 on the western front and was wounded in 1916.
2
Q
why was his regular slot on bbc radio during ww2 get cancelled?
A
churchill’s conservative government thought his message was too left wing.
3
Q
ouspensky’s theory
A
when we die, we restart our lives if we fail to learn from our mistakes made in our lifetime.
4
Q
dunne’s theory
A
we can look forward into time so that we can avoid errors before we make them (as well as learn from previous mistakes).
5
Q
early life:
A
he was born in bradford in september 1894 (died 1984) to a middle-class family.
at 16, left school to work as a clerk in a wool office before joining army.
