Mainly on the Air

Mainly on the Air is a collection of texts and essays written by English caricaturist, essayist and parodist Max Beerbohm.

It was published in 1946 by Heinemann and is a collection of the texts of a series of six BBC Radio broadcasts from 1935 to 1945 and six essays.

Beerbohm returned to England from his home in Rapallo in Italy in about 1935 when his wife, Florence Kahn was cast in a revival of Peer Gynt on the London stage.

At this time he resumed writing essays when the BBC invited him to give regular radio broadcasts.

He and his wife remained in Britain during World War II during which period Beerbohm continued to broadcast, giving his last 'on air' talk in 1945.