Kenneth Allsop was a British broadcaster, author and naturalist. He was a regular reporter on the BBC current affairs programme "Tonight" during the 1960s. He also was Rector of Edinburgh University and won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

John Llewellyn Rhys Prize

The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of literature by an author from the Commonwealth aged 35 or under, written in English and published in the United Kingdom...

. In 1958 he wrote what is widely seen as being the definitive account of 1950s

1950s

The 1950s or The Fifties was the decade that began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959. The decade was the sixth decade of the 20th century...

 British Literature, "The Angry Decade", remarkable not only for its content but also for its closing remarks that:"In this technologically triumphant age, when the rockets begin to scream up towards the moon but the human mind seems at an even greater distance, anger has a limited use. Love has a wider application, and it is that which needs describing wherever it can be found so that we may all recognise it and learn its use."

The inquest

Inquest

Inquests in England and Wales are held into sudden and unexplained deaths and also into the circumstances of discovery of a certain class of valuable artefacts known as "treasure trove"...

 on his death recorded an open verdict

Open verdict

The Open verdict is an option open to a Coroner's jury at an Inquest in the legal system of England and Wales. The verdict strictly means that the jury confirms that the death is suspicious but is unable to reach any of the other verdicts open to them...

, despite having found that it was brought about by an overdose of barbiturates. He is buried at Powerstock

Powerstock

Powerstock is a village in south west Dorset, England, situated in a steep valley on the edge of the Dorset Downs, five miles north east of the market town of Bridport. The village contains many cottages and 2 inns: The Three Horseshoes near the church and The Marquis of Lorne Inn on the other...

 in Dorset

Dorset

Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...

.

List of works

• The Sun Must Die (1949)
• Silver Flame (1950)
• The Daybreak Edition (1951)
• The Angry Decade (1958)
• Rare Bird
  Rare Bird
  Rare Bird was a progressive rock band founded in 1969. They were formed in England, but had more success in other European countries than they did at home. They are mostly remembered for the haunting, organ-based track "Sympathy"...
  
  (1959)
• Question of Obscenity (1960) (with Robert Pitman)
• The Bootleggers (1961)
• Adventure Lit Their Star (1962) (winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
  John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
  The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize is a literary prize awarded annually for the best work of literature by an author from the Commonwealth aged 35 or under, written in English and published in the United Kingdom...
  
  )
• Strip Jack Naked (1972)
• Harrier Beecher Stowe (1971)
• Hard Travellin': The Hobo and his History (1972)
• In the Country (1973)
• Letters to his Daughter (1974)
• One and All: Two Years in the Chilterns (1991)

External links