Thursday 13 August 2020

Fifty-one years ago...August 1969; British Council, London


Fifty-one years ago, in August 1969, I started working for The British Council, at 11 Portland Place (opposite the BBC). I was amused to find the old programmes below. N.B., I didn't write the promotional blurb! These were voluntary evening stints at the Overseas Students Centre, not part of the job description at the English Language Teaching Institute (ELTI). I worked at Portland Place for one year, then went for further TV production training at C.E.T.O,  Nuffield Lodge, Regent's Park.





(above, the old bookplate logo)




RIBA photo of Students Centre:


11 Portland Place, photos (architecture.com):


At C.E.T.O.
(below)



C.E.T.O., Nuffield Lodge, Regent's Park, 1970

After that, I followed the example of Arthur Rimbaud
and disappeared into distant parts,
first of all to Ethiopia...



Rimbaud's House (?), Harar:



From Cadences, Cyprus

Looking for Rimbaud in Har(r)ar:




"Je reviendrai, avec des membres de fer, la peau sombre, l'œil furieux "

Une Saison en enfer

French Mission:



Filming in Addis:




Lake Langano, Ethiopia

...then to Kenya








No comments:

Post a Comment