Working papers previously enclosed in file entitled 'Difficulties of Communication and Failures in Teaching'. Subjects covered include: educational psychology; further education; the educational background of apprentices; the influence of the mass media on everyday speech; the myth of 'economic man' and its relationship to contemporary party politics in Britain; the social needs of individuals; democracy in industry; and the problems of communication in a welfare state. Consists largely of articles and press cuttings, with Mark Abrams's notes. Includes a copy of George Orwell's 'Politics and the English Language' (1946).