Remembering DAPHNE DU MAURIER — who left us 37yrs ago today, aged 82. Here she is in 1971 at her home in Cornwall giving her first ever TV interview.

There's a terrific book of hers, 'The Scapegoat'. Two unrelated men meet by chance, & they're as alike as identical twins. They swap identities & step into the other's life & relationships. It's unsettling, creepy & a real page turner. Would make a great film or TV drama.

Remembering the great Daphne Du Maurier. Not well known is that she was a Baconian & Vice President of the Francis Bacon Society. Her great uncle Comyns Beaumont was a Baconian, journalist, writer and staff editor for the Daily Mail. #DaphneduMaurier

Thank you for this! I adore Daphne's work. What a treat to be with her inside her home!

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There’s a great BBC film of her life - Daphne. An underrated gem.

Lovely view. I can't help react to the 2 fingered typing. I'm not *that* old, but I learned to touch-type when I was 15, and on a manual typewriter too. Upgrading to an electric typewriter was a luxury. Why wouldn't a full time writer learn to type efficiently? It's weird.

It’s WHAT you type not how you type that matters.

The most striking thing is asking, with wonder, if there is a decline in your working powers now that you’re SIXTY-FIVE!!! 😮😮

My Mum had all the books. Read them all.

A wonderful writer, who wrote two of my favourite novels - Rebecca and Jamaica Inn. 😊

I'm reading this masterpiece rn.

Many thanks for sharing this wonderful piece of gold from the tv archives, Michael. Daphne du Maurier has always been one of my favourite writers; I love those novels and stories of hers I've read, and yet there is so much of hers I've not yet gotten round to reading.

I love Daphne du Marier. It was one of her collections of short stories that made me realize that short stories were the thing I should be writing.

My mom loved Daphne’s novels. I was named after “Rebecca,” and sister was named after “My Cousin Rachel.”

Wonder what happened to her archives? Wish they'd asked her what she thought about the movie version of Rebecca.

The archive room. I never would've imagined that something as everyday and ordinary as handwritten or typewritten pages would come to seem like museum artifacts. Fascinating—and a little scary.

Dude, if she says we'll look at later, we'll look at it later! Hands off!

@WilliamClouston Thanks for sharing, she’s always been an inspiration to me. I’ve loved so many of her books and stories.

so strange this came up in my feed. I am just in the middle of "Don't Look Now".

I was about to say how unseemly it is to talk to a woman about her age, but then I saw her sitting with her feet up on the armchair and realized that something might be escaping me in understanding the context, so I decided to withhold the comment.

@yaba_badoe Loved this interview!

The film 'Don't look now' was based around one of Daphine's novels, top author 😎✌️

Rebecca my favourite book ever

I just love her books. The romance in them is never silly or dumbed down. The unique characters and element of suspense is what makes them so great.

I aspire to having my own archive room :-)

Remembering when the BBC wasn't corrupt.

Since when is 64 OLD?

when one sits with their feet pulled into an armchair, they're either wonderfully fulfilled or a bloody hippie.

@ItsBouquet Rebecca is a masterpiece

Thank you! I’ve just read a biography of her, so it’s amazing to put a person, their voice and their thoughts, to the printed history.

Who didn’t read Daphne Du Maurier novels? The book covers drew you in and you knew it would be a solid read inside. This was interesting to watch! 👍

@JoyceCarolOates Thank you for the wonderful interview. I always knew I was named after her book, Rebecca, but when I finally read the novel in my 20s, I had very different feelings about being named after the character. 😆

@RickmanReader @ChrisKindaReads Wow, what an amazing lady. Cool to get a peek at this author, and fun to watch a video from that time. What a different world.

Thank you for posting this.

Married to General Frederick Browning Boy” Browning. a key figure in the development of British airborne forces, she is sometimes credited with suggesting the maroon beret worn by airborne troops — though this remains an unconfirmed.

According to Michael Fitzgerald, Daphne du Maurier was aspie:

@LFrantzauthor Interesting how fast she types with the hunt & peck method!! Wow.