2. Bright Morning in London

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Transported from 1890, William Guest travels across London where commercial morality is now extinct. First published in 1890, William Morris's utopian vision of a future England which had left industrialisation behind. Read by David Burke. Abridged by Donald Bancroft. William Morris (1834 -1896) was an English designer, craftsman, poet, and early socialist. His decorative designs greatly influenced the rise of the Arts and Crafts movement in England and revolutionised Victorian taste. Producer: Marilyn Imrie First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1990.