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Brian Thompson

Brian Thompson was born in Lambeth, London in 1935. Since 1973 he has written for radio and television, and worked as a documentary filmmaker. His second volume of memoirs, Clever Girl: A Sentimental Education, was published by Atlantic Books in 2007.

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Thank God We’ve Got A Navy

Brian Thompson

‘Today it is usual—especially among those who have never faced conscription—to describe national service as time wasted, even an offence against civil liberties in some sinister way.’

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