1962 Bowen Interview

This is not the whole interview, a couple of minutes are missing from the start, largely consisting of John Bowen introducing Tolkien.

I must say that Tolkien seems rather forthcoming and willing to share his thoughts even when the interviewer perhaps is a bit off.

Trotter wrote:

This is not the whole interview, a couple of minutes are missing from the start, largely consisting of John Bowen introducing Tolkien.

I am not home to check right now but I seem to recall from Hammond and Scull's chronology (December 1962?) that Bowen read a poem from the Lord of the Rings, with the interview being around 8 minutes but I don't recall if it was mentioned if that was the entire segment or the interview alone.

This is hard to understand from at least two points so requires at least 4 hearings.
eg I heard Bowen say lecture brought propaganda to mind, not the definition that came to my mind in relation to Tolkien. They both seemed to understand Bowen's reference. But I'm not at all sure propaganda was what Bowen said.
I see Tolkien talking with this young pup, like a saber duel, not foil, and imagine what an Inklings must have been. Intoxicating.

John Bowen: Let’s avoid the word ‘lecture’ for a moment, because it suggests a propagandist work, and I don’t think anybody is really talking about that.