Kipling on Film July 26, 2012: Go over to Open Culture to see a rare video of Rudyard Kipling speaking about writing and truth. A little about the film: The speech was given on July 12, 1933 at Claridge’s Hotel in London, during a luncheon of the Royal Society of Literature for visiting members of the Canadian Authors’ Association. Kipling was 67 years old at the [...] by Harriet Staff