PLEASE can any of your readers enlighten me on the life and career of Sir John Hilton, who was a notable broadcaster in the years between the World Wars? I understand he was first introduced on the radio as "Professor" John Hilton. Did his studies relate to textiles in some way? What did he do before becoming a regular broadcaster?

H B Winstanley.

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