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Look behind the cover at great literary treasures

Over 300 items relating to some of the greatest writers of 20th century, including George Orwell, Virginia Woolf, Ted Hughes and TS Eliot have been made available online. The collection includes diary entries, rejection letters, notebooks and first drafts. Nick Robinson hears about the collection from Helen Melody, lead curator of the contemporary archive at the British Library, and Jean Seaton, professor of Media History at The University of Westminster & Chair of the Orwell Prize.

First broadcast on Today, 25 May 2016.

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