“Living through the Blitz, edited by MO’s Tom Harrisson, makes clear just how much the ‘1945’ we now consume is a construct, a convenient fairy tale built up piece by piece several generations later. Most interesting for our purposes is… — Owen Hatherley Copy Share
“It shows a mediocre architect at the top of his game [on the Beetham Tower in Manchester]” — Owen Hatherley Copy Share Image
“Living through the Blitz, edited by MO’s Tom Harrisson, makes clear just how much the ‘1945’ we now consume is a construct, a convenient fairy tale built up piece by piece several generations later. Most interesting for our purposes is its plentiful evidence that the imperative (in rhetoric, if not in the specific form of the unprinted poster) to ‘Keep… — Owen Hatherley Copy Share
“Lancastrian workers, the dumb and dignified beasts of burden that line the Road to Wigan Pier, thronged tours by Soviet leaders, workers, soldiers and… — Owen Hatherley Copy Share Image
“It is important to record that the ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ poster was never mass-produced until 2008. It is a historical object of… — Owen Hatherley Copy Share Image
“Again, we find that the space standards of twenty-first century luxury are below the required minimum for dockworkers in 1962.” — Owen Hatherley Copy Share Image
“If a social and democratic city is going to be built again, it will most probably be built by those who have no investment… — Owen Hatherley Copy Share Image
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