Winnicott’s Voice

Donald Winnicott's position as Britain's foremost psychoanalyst has been cemented by OUP's recent publication of his comprehensive Collected Works in twelve volumes.

As a children's doctor who saw around 60,000 mother-baby couples, Winnicott had a plain-speaking, hands-on style which enabled him to communicate psychoanalytic ideas directly and empathically to the public at large. Nowhere is this more apparent than in his radio broadcasts for the BBC, mostly on children and parenting, which have gave from the 1940s to the 1960s.

Practically unheard for over 60 years, the surviving broadcasts were collected and issued as part of the Collected Works of Winnicott, revealing his radio persona and his unique voice, and providing a fascinating window onto the man and his time.