http://wikidelia.net/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Cunard_in_the_Desert 2026-04-21T15:29:05Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.32.2 http://wikidelia.net/index.php?title=Cunard_in_the_Desert&diff=18453&oldid=prev 2025-08-31T13:40:45Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:40, 31 August 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l15" >Line 15:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 15:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''[[Cunard in the Desert]]'' is a poem included in the 1968 anthology</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''[[Cunard in the Desert]]'' is a poem included in the 1968 anthology</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''NEW WRITERS VIII: BETWEEN THE BROKEN GLASS THE PEOPLE PLAY; THE DEATH OF MAYAKOVSKY AND OTHER POEMS; CUNARD IN THE DESERT.''</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''NEW WRITERS VIII: BETWEEN THE BROKEN GLASS THE PEOPLE PLAY; THE DEATH OF MAYAKOVSKY AND OTHER POEMS; CUNARD IN THE DESERT.''</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>by Christine Bowler, Lyman Andrews, F. W. Willetts<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</del>&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780714500140 ISBN 9780714500140]&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>by Christine Bowler, Lyman Andrews, F. W. Willetts&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780714500140 ISBN 9780714500140]&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>so it appears to be by Fred <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Willett</del>, not Bennett Maxwell.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>so it appears to be by Fred <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Willetts</ins>, not <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">by </ins>Bennett Maxwell.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=References=</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=References=</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;references/&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&lt;references/&gt;</div></td></tr> </table>

Martinwguy http://wikidelia.net/index.php?title=Cunard_in_the_Desert&diff=18452&oldid=prev 2025-08-31T13:39:52Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #222; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:39, 31 August 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l17" >Line 17:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>by Christine Bowler, Lyman Andrews, F. W. Willetts.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780714500140 ISBN 9780714500140]&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>by Christine Bowler, Lyman Andrews, F. W. Willetts.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780714500140 ISBN 9780714500140]&lt;/ref&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>so it appears to be by Fred Willett, not Bennett Maxwell.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>so it appears to be by Fred Willett, not Bennett Maxwell.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=References=</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;references/&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Martinwguy http://wikidelia.net/index.php?title=Cunard_in_the_Desert&diff=18451&oldid=prev 2025-08-31T13:38:04Z

<p>Created page with &quot;On 19th March 1967, Delia receives a letter from <a href="/index.php?title=Fred_Willetts&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Fred Willetts (page does not exist)">Fred Willetts</a>, saying she should receive &#039;&#039;<a href="/wiki/Cunard_in_the_Desert" title="Cunard in the Desert">Cunard in the Desert</a>&#039;&#039; from <a href="/index.php?title=Bennett_Maxwell&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Bennett Maxwell (page does not exist)">Bennett Maxwell</a> in the next few days.&lt;ref&gt;[...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>On 19th March 1967, Delia receives a letter from [[Fred Willetts]], saying she should receive ''[[Cunard in the Desert]]'' from [[Bennett Maxwell]] in the next few days.&lt;ref&gt;[[DD112601]]: Letter from [[Fred Willetts]].&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Delia Derbyshire's Creative Process]] says about it:<br /> &lt;PRE&gt;<br /> Cunard in the Desert<br /> RADIO. FORMAL TITLE : Cunard in the Desert<br /> DATE: 1967<br /> COMPOSER: Delia Derbyshire PRODUCER: Fred Willetts<br /> NOTES : Correspondence from Fred Willetts indicates that Derbyshire was asked to treat Bennett<br /> Maxwell’s “Cunard in the Desert” radiophonically. No audio or documentation exists for the project, and<br /> it is not listed in the RW Catalogue.<br /> RELATED ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS : CDD/3/5 Letter, 1967<br /> &lt;/PRE&gt;<br /> <br /> ''[[Cunard in the Desert]]'' is a poem included in the 1968 anthology<br /> ''NEW WRITERS VIII: BETWEEN THE BROKEN GLASS THE PEOPLE PLAY; THE DEATH OF MAYAKOVSKY AND OTHER POEMS; CUNARD IN THE DESERT.''<br /> by Christine Bowler, Lyman Andrews, F. W. Willetts.&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780714500140 ISBN 9780714500140]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> so it appears to be by Fred Willett, not Bennett Maxwell.</div>

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