Galloway on John Cornford (BBC R4)

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Galloway on John Cornford (BBC R4)

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Rupert John Cornford (27 December 1915 – 28 December 1936) was an English poet and communist. He was the son of F. M. Cornford and Frances Cornford, and was through his mother a great-grandson of the naturalist Charles Darwin. From 1933 he was directly involved in Communist Party work, in London, and became associated with Harry Pollitt. During the Spanish Civil War he both recruited in Cambridge for the International Brigade, and fought himself: firstly though he was in a POUM unit in Aragon in August 1936, before returning home, and coming back in December. He was killed at Lopera, near Córdoba.

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Very good programme.
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Post by modern »

Yes, very good - think a film should be made about this gentleman, if one hasn't been made already. Who would play the part I wonder?
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