The Man Vanishes
Jul. 26th, 2014 10:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Excellent documentary on BBC Radio 4 at the moment -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04bj7pk
The Case of the MP Who Vanished
2Steve Punt turns private investigator and examines the curious case of the socialist MP Victor Grayson who vanished into thin air!
Firebrand politician, champion of the mill workers, scion of the establishment, fancy dresser, hard drinker, man about town. Victor Grayson was many things when he erupted onto the public stage in 1907 as the first and last independent socialist MP, aged 26. However this shooting star disappeared from sight in 1920, under mysterious circumstances, with no confirmed sightings after that.
Punt P.I. sets out on a trail through Yorkshire valleys, dusty archives and seedy Soho to pick up clues to Victor's disappearance".
eat and veg to my inquisitive mind.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04bj7pk
The Case of the MP Who Vanished
2Steve Punt turns private investigator and examines the curious case of the socialist MP Victor Grayson who vanished into thin air!
Firebrand politician, champion of the mill workers, scion of the establishment, fancy dresser, hard drinker, man about town. Victor Grayson was many things when he erupted onto the public stage in 1907 as the first and last independent socialist MP, aged 26. However this shooting star disappeared from sight in 1920, under mysterious circumstances, with no confirmed sightings after that.
Punt P.I. sets out on a trail through Yorkshire valleys, dusty archives and seedy Soho to pick up clues to Victor's disappearance".
eat and veg to my inquisitive mind.