Speaking: Hay Festival - Housman Lecture - Cancelled, 9 June 2002

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Series[UMA-SRE-20170009] SPEAKINGAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2017000900373Scope and ContentContains: Invitation and correspondence on Greer participation in the Hay Festival of Literature 2002, 25/5-2/6/2002, and her withdrawal. Greer agreed to give the Housman Lecture: The Name and Nature of Poetry, 30/5/2002, but withdrew from the Festival on 9/5/2002, due to its sponsorship by Nestle. Includes information on the Housman Society and lecture; information from Baby Milk Action on Nestle's Infant Feeding Policy and the Sustainability Review, other information on Nestle. Correspondents: Germaine Greer; Carol Horne (for Germaine Greer); Jim Page, Chairman, The Housman Society; Isabella Pereira, Gillon Aitken Associates; Peter Florence, Festival Director, Hay Festival; James Morrison, The Independent on Sunday; Alison Mortlock, Baby Milk Action; Patti Rundall, Policy Director, Baby Milk Action. Subjects: Lectures and lecturing; Hay-on-Wye Festival; Poetry--History and Criticism; Nestle; Breastfeeding. Related to: 2017.0009.00410: Speaking: The Housman Lecture, 11 December 2002Access StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2017.0009 Unit 0012

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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Date4 October 2001-27 May 2002

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Speaking: Hay Festival - Housman Lecture - Cancelled, 9 June 2002