Ashenden, Gentleman Spy: 3. Mr Harrington's Washing

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James Bond was not, needless to say, the first spy hero in British fiction - far from it. One of his antecedents was Ashenden, the gentleman spy, from the semi-autobiographical stories of Somerset Maugham. BBC radio adapted five of these stories as readings for BBC Radio 7; the incomparable Alex Jennings is on narrative duties...
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For God's sake, please take down the Hitler story. Then I can re-subscribe. I don't want it in my feed.

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It's interesting to note the similarities between the two works. Maugham based the Ashenden character on his own experiences in WWI, while Kerr based the Anna character on her experiences during WWII. Both characters (as shown in this particular Ashenden) are more or less swept up in events that are both global and highly personal. Both authors geared their writing to the age range of that character (Pink Bunny is written for 9-12 year olds, while Ashenden is written for more mature readers - and more specifically, mature *male* readers.)
I have to wonder what your objection is based on.

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If you're referring to the adaptation of Judith Kerr's trilogy, you'll need to explain before I can consider accommodating a request like that. Kerr was herself a German Jewish refugee in the 1930s and did not name her books idly and obviously she certainly didn't endorse the politics that wanted to kill her. I think it would be morally perverse of me to suppress HER story because it uses the name of her persecutor and would-be murderer in the title. I do of course sympathise if your concern is that the video title might incline YT to throw genuinely objectionable material in your direction - but I fear there's very little that I can do about that.

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@@MysticalMagpie-wo5fn Thank-you. I am against this kind of censorship. Leave it up.