Sheridan Morley - talking about his biography of the acclaimed actor Sir John Gielgud who was knighted in the 1953 Coronation Honours.

In this episode of The Author Archive Podcast Sheridan Morley talked to David Freeman about Sir John Gielgud.

There is a lot of looking back 70 years at the moment.  In 1953 John Gielgud was knighted in the Coronation Honours.  A few months later there was public uproar when he was  arrested for homosexuality which was illegal at the time. Sheridan tells what happened, how prejudices were confronted and laws eventually changed.