Standing at a coffe stall on the Thames Embankment at 2 o'clock in the morning - December, 1921

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Unveiling a Statue of Thomas Hardy
September 2nd, 1931

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Speech on being granted the Freedom of Kirriemuir
3: Nine Hundred Speeches
June 7th, 1930

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Speech on being granted the Freedom of Kirriemuir
2: Splitting James Robb's lip
June 7th, 1930

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Speech on being granted the Freedom of Kirriemuir
4: The toss
June 7th, 1930

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Speech on being granted the Freedom of Kirriemuir
1: This hill of memories
June 7th, 1930

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a short 3-minute montage of the \'boy castaways\' photographs, set to music by kjd. the idea was motivated by discovering the sole surviving copy in barrie\'s bookcase, in a rare photograph taken in 1933.

The Boy Castaways

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"good ideas of the 20th century: peter pan". in 1994 i was invited by kudos films to present "peter pan" as one of their "good ideas of the 20th century" series for channel 4 television. the concept - a labyrinthine setting of corridors - was their idea; the script was mine. originally the piece was to last 20 minutes, but was finally shortened to around 14, hence some rather abrupt cuts in my narrative. other "good ideas" in the series included "feminism", presented by germaine greer, and "the pill" (will self) ...