History of the OU

In her book, ‘Bloody Brilliant Women: the Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention’, Cathy Newman records of Jennie Lee that she was “So much loved by the public that when she attended a play, the audience would applaud as she took her seat,” Jennie Lee, she adds, “beefed up the Arts Council and saved the National Youth Orchestra”.

The publisher claims: Bloody Brilliant Women uses the stories of some extraordinary lives to tell the tale of 20th and 21st century Britain. It is a history for women and men. A history for our times.

Review

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/22/bloody-brilliant-women-cathy-newman-review

Further Guardian comment:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/25/britain-culture-minister-arts-jeremy-wright

Letters:

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/nov/26/in-praise-of-jennie-lees-arts-legacy