Soviet Secret Projects: v. 2: Fighters Since 1946
Book
The book will deal with early post-war fighters, competitions for the first generation supersonic...

The Letter Bearer
Book
The Rider has no memory of who he is, or how he came to be lying - dying - in the brutal heat of the...

The Little Stranger
Book
In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds...

Mr Kafka
Book
Enter the gas-lit streets of post-war Prague, the steelworks run by singed men, the covered market...

Distant Voices, Still Lives
Book
Set in "a world before Elvis, in a Liverpool before the Beatles", Terence Davies' film "Distant...

Roger Corman recommended The Rules of the Game (1939) in Movies (curated)

Even a Tree Can Shed Tears: Japanese Folk & Rock 1969-1973 by Various Artists
Album Watch
There was something in the air in the urban corners of late '60s Japan. Student protests and a...
folk rock world

Spitfire's Forgotten Designer: The Career of Supermarine's Joe Smith
Book
The Supermarine Spitfire was a classic design, well known for its efforts in defending British...

Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister
Book
London, early May 1940: Britain is on the brink of war and Neville Chamberlain’s government is...
history politics