Ep29 S2E7 The Egyptologists (1965)

What is the Metropolitan Egyptological Society and why does it discourage public and media enquiries? It is impossible to answer this question without spoilers so I've included a warning at the point where all is revealed.

I discuss the co-author Robert Conquest, how the protagonists got stuck in unfulfilling marriages, whether womanisers like women as much as they claim to, the surprising availability of would-be mistresses, and what George Orwell reads into Donald McGill's seaside postcards.

References

Robert Conquest: The Great Terror

The New Oxford Book of Light Verse (1978) edited by Kingsley Amis

George Orwell The art of Donald McGill

E Buckland The World of Donald McGill

2006 interview with Hilly Kilmarnock