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News from Nowhere by William Morris (Omnibus)

In 1890, William Guest dreams it is the 2000s, and England has left the misery of industrialisation behind. Read by David Burke.

1890: William Guest dreams it’s the early 2000s and England has changed…

William Morris's utopian vision of a future England which had left industrialisation behind was first published in 1890.

William Morris (1834 - 1896) was an English designer, craftsman, poet, and early socialist. His decorative designs greatly influenced the rise of the Arts and Crafts movement in England and revolutionised Victorian taste.

Omnibus of five episodes abridged by Donald Bancroft.

Read by David Burke.

Producer: Marilyn Imrie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1990.

1 hour, 10 minutes

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Sunday07:30
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