THE BRITISH COUNCIL
$ir-I was much interested in an -article entitled "Help if we ask for it" (Listener, June 8th), which dealt with the activities of the British Council, and should like to know more about this important and necessary organisation. In the yedrs before the war, and in Italy in 1939, I came much in contact with propaganda that might lead one to think that "all art came from Italy, and all science from Germany." I found in Italy that it was a common belief even among educated Italians that, in case of war, none of the British Dominions would help the
Mother country. Ij firmly believe that this was one of the reasons why they talked so lightheartedly (in those prewar days) of war with "the weary old lion deserted by all her cubs." Is it possible to join in any way a "British Institute" in this country?
RUSTICA
(Marlborough).
[At present the Council is not represented in New Zealand, but it probably will be within a few months. In general British Institutes are established only in foreign countries.-Ed.]
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 317, 20 July 1945, Page 5
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181THE BRITISH COUNCIL New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 317, 20 July 1945, Page 5
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