1959: WILLIAM GOLDING Profile | Monitor | Writers and Wordsmiths | BBC Archive

“Art that doesn’t communicate is useless“ - William Golding Peter Newington interviews William Golding, the acclaimed author of Lord of the Flies, The Inheritors, and Pincher Martin, at his home near Salisbury. Golding discusses his work, his writing technique, and why he didn’t finish his debut novel until he was nearly 40. This clip is from Monitor, originally broadcast 25 October, 1959. You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of tv to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic tv clips from the BBC vaults. Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive -