17 NOVEMBER 1928, Page 17

The B.B.C. itself is anxious to discover how the idea

will be received and what sort of " talk " would be most useful and stimulating. The pioneer experiment in a Hertfordshire village, not yet selected, though it may prove to be that of the Lord-Lieutenant, will be eagerly watched. May I suggest that a general talk on " the new village," and how it may be regenerated, should be followed by accounts of specially selected successes recorded in other villages, whether abroad or at home. By this route all the thorniest and therefore most lively subjects of village life might be approached. Know- ledge of what the world is doing would be broadcast and would be brought home ; and we should all regenerate our parishes by sloughing our parochialism.

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