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[MEDIA] Keep Calm and Carry On: The Truth Behind the Poster by @I_W_M

December 17, 2017 by Second World War Posters

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It's interesting watching someone else give an overview of your research, here's one of the Imperial War Museum curators picking out some of the bits that she's found interesting from the book (easy to buy from Imperial War Museum direct, or Amazon). You can read a few other thoughts about…

[MEDIA] Discussing #KeepCalm with @BBCWM, @BBC_Cumbria and @JamesHazell

October 4, 2017October 4, 2017 by Second World War Posters

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You may recognise some of the information in radio interviews from my blog post from yesterday, and from the MMU press release, but finally, later this month, my book Keep Calm and Carry On: The Truth About the Poster, is published by the Imperial War Musuem. Here's three live radio interviews…

[WRITER] New Publication: Keep Calm and Carry On: The Truth Behind the Poster, with @I_W_M #KeepCalm

October 4, 2017October 4, 2017 by Second World War Posters

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In 1997, I first wrote about Keep Calm and Carry On as a side-note in my undergraduate dissertation. In 2004, it was once again mentioned briefly (when looking at the series it was created in) in my PhD on 'The planning, design and reception of British Home Front propaganda posters' at…

[BOOK PUBLICATION] Keep Calm and Carry On : The Truth Behind the Poster

January 20, 2017January 20, 2017 by Second World War Posters

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Within my 1997 undergraduate dissertation, and my 2004 PhD thesis, I (unintentionally) provided the story of the now ubiquitous 'Keep Calm and Carry On' (KCCO) poster (read an extract here), whilst I was writing about two very early posters produced by the British Government in the Second World War -…

Darracott, J., Loftus, B. Second World War Posters London: HMSO, 1972 (Reprinted 1981)

June 8, 2010January 23, 2016 by Second World War Posters

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A well illustrated work that accompanied an exhibition of war posters at the Imperial War Museum. It was edited by Joseph Darracott, the head of the Art Department at the IWM, with many illustrations prefaced by a short introductory piece. Each of the colour poster illustrations, most of which are…

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