{"id":7740,"date":"2018-10-07T08:10:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T07:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=7740"},"modified":"2018-10-07T08:10:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T07:10:13","slug":"steve-marshall-phoenix-editor-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/steve-marshall-phoenix-editor-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Marshall &#8211; Phoenix Editor: 1979"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once more we delve into the days of black and white TV with this 1979 interview with the then forthcoming &#8220;The Phoenix&#8221; editor Steve Marshall. &#8220;The Phoenix&#8221;, we are told, was originally started in 1887 by the former student of the Normal School of Science (later the Royal College of Science) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H._G._Wells\">H.G.Wells<\/a>. From 2012, here is a <a href=\"http:\/\/felixonline.co.uk\/articles\/2012-6-14-brief-history-of-phoenix\/\">brief history<\/a> of the magazine by Charles Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>As hard as I try I cannot seem to find any web pages relating to &#8220;The Phoenix&#8221;, so is it still running I wonder? If you can help find a web site and maybe an on-line edition then please comment and I&#8217;ll happily update this page.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ekYSf8_Dt-U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw October 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Phoenix&#8221; magazine was originally started in 1887 by the former RCS student H.G. Wells. 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