Sunday Feature: I Have Been Here BeforeSeries 1, episode 0Francis Spufford explores how An Experiment with Time, an essay published in 1927 by former soldier and aircraft designer JW Dunne, had a profound influence on JB Priestley and other writers for decades. The work, which explored time, immortality and pre-cognitive dreaming, proved inspirational for artists and the public alike. Writers as diverse as Priestley, Rumer Godden, John Buchan, HG Wells, Flann O'Brien and Jorge Luis Borges all found their imaginations sparked by Dunne's theories. Francis considers how Dunne's essay obsessed JB Priestley, who wrote a succession of popular plays with the theme of time at their centre. He also reveals little-known facts about Dunne's life and work and reads archived dream letters sent to Priestley following his appearance on the BBC's Monitor programme in the 1960s Click to see when Sunday Feature, I Have Been Here Before is coming up on UK TV |
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