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A Box of Wittgensteins
The great-niece of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Margaret Stonborough, talks to the artist and historian Michael Huey as she delves into six boxes of newly-inherited family archives.
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A Box of Wittgensteins
A few years after the end of WWI the family history of suicide once again loomed large.
Dec 2008
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A Box of Wittgensteins
Paul Wittgenstein aimed to continue as a pianist after losing an arm in battle.
Dec 2008
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A Box of Wittgensteins
The first object out of the box takes Margaret back to a soiree in Vienna in 1895.
Dec 2008
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A Box of Wittgensteins
Margaret discovers documents which stir memories of their talented but difficult family.
Jan 2009