The Edinburgh of Angus Calder's poems is not the city of summer tourism and landmark buildings. It is the all-the-year-round arena of lingering mists or brilliant sunlight on grey stone, where seagulls and pigeons command the early-morning streets, curlers sweep their ice at Murrayfield and coarse sportsmen revel on the Meadows.
The Edinburgh of Angus Calder's poems is not the city of summer tourism and landmark buildings. It is the all-the-year-round arena of lingering mists ...
During World War II, there seemed to be a gap between the reality and what could be called the myth of the Blitz. The author shows that this myth was not purely propaganda but was a deep-rooted, common conception of pastoral England and the perfect gentleman. This book is the sequel to The People's War. Angus Calder is the author of Speak for Yourself: A Mass-Observation Anthology.
During World War II, there seemed to be a gap between the reality and what could be called the myth of the Blitz. The author shows that this myth was ...
