The #BBC was not #antifascist. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1938 #JoachimVonRibbentrop was on a visit to Britain to ensure #appeasement continued, when he met with the Beeb's director #JohnReith. Reith, an ardent admirer of #Hitler & #Nazism, offered to fly the #swastika over BBC HQ.
Cardiff, 60053 Nordic Terminal. Brush works no. 955, 1991. New to Toton. EWS livery. Previously named John Reith. Owned by DB Cargo and currently stored. Photo: 16.01.2001. #Cardiff #Class60 #railway #locomotive #NordicTerminal #JohnReith
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to written archives observer.co.uk/news/nationa... #BBC #BBCWrittenArchives #Archives #Research #PublicServiceBroadcasting #Researchers #History #LicenceFee #JohnReith
