Anti-malarial disinformation
James Smith finds disturbing echoes of a British wartime disinformation campaign in recent White House press conferences In August 1941, British…
Rumour
Public Event: PWE research seminar, 27 June 2019
Readers in the North East of England (and further afield) are very welcome to attend our first research seminar, on…
‘The celestial city is as real as any swamp’: Freya Stark in the Middle East
Document of the month: FO 898/114 Guy Woodward traces Freya Stark’s involvement in wartime propaganda This memorandum appears in file FO 898/114,…
Masters of Deceit: Introducing #SparkQuoteoftheWeek
Beatriz Lopez introduces a new series exploring Muriel Spark’s fictions of deception Most critics have identified The Hothouse by the East River (1973)…
“Peace on earth, but only when Hitler is smashed”: Christmas wartime propaganda
Document of the month: FO 898/311/330-1 Guy Woodward on propaganda and the festive season Supposedly a time of peace and goodwill,…
John Betjeman’s Dublin whispers
Document of the month: FO 898/70/475-6 Guy Woodward investigates poet John Betjeman’s role in spreading rumours in neutral Ireland during the…
Poisoned sweetmeats: introducing #siboftheweek
Guy Woodward on the PWE’s production of rumours during the Second World War Imagine the scene: a bar in neutral Lisbon,…
