The Secretary to Sir John Reith, British Broadcasting Corporation, Savoy Hill, W.C.2.

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

RAA/PRA/6/4

Title

The Secretary to Sir John Reith, British Broadcasting Corporation, Savoy Hill, W.C.2.

Date

07 May 1930

Level

Item

Extent & medium

2 pieces, 2pp.

Previous reference codes

528

Content Description

Copy letter complaining on behalf of the President and Council about a broadcast by Harold Nicholson on the [summer] exhibition in which he 'ridiculed the Royal Academy as a dull, old-fashioned institution which "disapproves of the younger generation", and is therefore ignored by many of the best artists.' The President and Council hoped that some means might be found of remedying Mr Nicholson's contemptuous flippancy.

Associated Material

Reith's replies: RAA/SEC/6/41/1 and RAA/SEC/14/26/1.