Keep Calm and Carry On: A Re-Sounding Message
In 2000 a poster was ‘discovered’ in the bottom of a box of books, bought at auction by a book-seller in Alnwick. The poster, designed by the Ministry of Information (MOI) in 1939, was intended to be posted in the event of a major crisis, such as invasion. It was (probably) distributed around the country […]
The Second World War, Popular Culture and Cultural Memory (Call for Papers)
13 July 2011 – 15 July 2011 Few historical events have resonated as fully in modern British popular culture as the Second World War. It has left a rich legacy in a range of media that continue to attract a wide audience: film, TV and radio, photography and the visual arts, journalism & propaganda, architecture, […]
