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A report written in support of the decision taken by the Home Secretary, John Anderson, to detain Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF), in May 1940, under the terms of Defence Regulation 18B.

Document of the Week: Detention Report for Sir Oswald Mosley

Dr Charlie Hall

Published 23rd June, 2025 2 min read

Document of the Week: "Some Things You Should Know If War Should Come"

Dr Charlie Hall

Published 2nd June, 2025 3 min read

Civil Defence is Common Sense: Mobilising the Public Through Propaganda

Dr Charlie Hall

Published 13th May, 2025 23 min read

Britain Under Threat: "Protect and Survive"

Dr Charlie Hall

Published 27th March, 2025 1 min read

A photo of Dr Charlie Hall leafing through several documents from a file at the National Archives. The documents relate to the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster.

Britain Under Threat: The Bethnal Green Tube Disaster

Dr Charlie Hall

Published 20th March, 2025 1 min read

A poster from the First World War. It has a title of Public Warning, and underneath, two columns of drawings. The drawings are of German and British aircraft, which are separated under two headings written in red.

Britain Under Threat: The Use of Propaganda in the First World War

Dr Charlie Hall

Published 13th March, 2025 1 min read

An aged piece of paper with several illustrations drawn on it in thick pen. It is a letter from a Spanish convent in Lisbon to one in Britain. It uses simple hand-drawn images to convey words, or part of words, in Spanish, often merely because they sound alike. For example, a picture of a wound (herida in Spanish), positioned between K and S, becomes queridas, or dear. Some of the illustrations include a pair of wings, a mother holding two children, a snake, two oars, an envelope, and music notes.

Document of the Week: Secret Codes in the Second World War

Dr Charlie Hall

Published 3rd March, 2025 2 min read

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