Thomas Paine Society UK

Ronald H Blumer contacted us from New York and made available a series of interviews with E P Thompson, Tony Benn and Michael Foot which he conducted on June 30th 1992 and July 1st 1992. They were made for a documentary that was never completed, but now are available here, uncut.

See the pages on the menu to access the interviews the first three are Thompson, Foot and Benn. Forche, Barber, Wilentz and Kramnick are on the Blumer page. These interviews are by experts on Thomas Paine, and all yield specific insights not available elsewhere. It is fascinating to hear these views from the early 1990's with references to that time in history. The Institute of Intellectual History at Saint Andrews will be transcribing these interviews soon.