Stanley Rice (1905-1981): An Introduction
‘The Memories of a Rolling Stone’: Times and incidents remembered. ‘Perhaps it has taken me all these years to realise that I …
Stanley Rice (1905-1981): Purpose & Audience
The first thing that struck me when looking at Stanley Rice’s autobiography was the title, “The Memories of a Rolling Stone”: Times …
Stanley Rice (1905-1981): Life & Labour
‘It was not a question of my parents being unkind, they knew only too well how much it would help to have …
Stanley Rice (1905-1981): Education & Schooling
Education was unstable for Rice as a child. As he moved house a lot, this meant he changed schools often, having to …
Stanley Rice (1905-1981): Home & Family
‘No instant hot water by Immersion Heater, and no electric fires as of today, but somehow what we had we accepted as …
Stanley Rice (1905-1981): Reading & Writing
In Stanley Rice’s autobiography, although he dedicates a section to memories of education and to his flair for Art, he never mentions …
Stanley Rice (1905-1981): Habits, Culture & Belief
Stanley Rice remembers vividly going to the cinema as a child, on a Saturday afternoon, and it is an activity that most …
Stanley Rice (1905-1981): Politics, Protest & Class
As like the world today, politics surrounded everyday life in the 20th century. Politics control social status and living conditions, especially for …
Stanley Rice (1905-1981): War, Memory & Life Writing
Stanley Rice lived through the First and Second World War. He documents his feelings towards both explicitly, mentioning the horrors he witnessed and …
Stanley Rice (1905-1981): Researching Writing Lives
The collaborative research project on Working-class Lives has been of historical significance and value. The writers whom we have looked at over …