Record Number: 27772

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Shortly afterwards Victor Gollancz issued a pamphlet, entitled "Fascists at Olympia", which contained statements from eye-witnesses, vistims of assault, and doctors who attended the injured.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1934 and 31 Dec 1934

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Vera Brittain

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Dec 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

anon

Title:

Fascists at Olympia

Genre:

Politics, current affairs

Form of Text:

Print: Pamphlet

Publication Details

1934; published Victor Gollancz

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

27772

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Experience

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1980

Vol:

n/a

Page:

109

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience, (Great Britain, 1980), p. 109, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=27772, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain describes a mass meeting at Olympia in London addressed by Oswald Mosley, during which fighting broke out, prompting the publication of this pamphlet.