In the case of the second world war the distorting factor is not poetry but our seemingly insatiable need to view the… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
The kind of group mentality that we had lived under since the Second World War is starting to erupt, and the craving… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
I got married and I had children because of the Second World War, as all of us did, exclaiming, 'Oh, no, we… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I dont see why people are so snooty about Channel Five. It has some respectable documentaries about the Second World War. It… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
Ukraine and Israel have long-standing historical ties. Our nations have together experienced all the tragedies in recent history - the Holodomor and… — Volodymyr Zelensky Copy Share Image
“With the coming of the war the situation regarding the Jews altered drastically. It is not widely known that world Jewry declared… — Richard Harwood Copy Share Image
Both of my grandfathers fought in the Second World War, and my great-grandfather died at the Somme in the First World War.… — Andrea Riseborough Copy Share Image
“Brody, please tell me what this has all been about" I said. "The lead-up to the Second World War" said Brody, still… — Van Badham Copy Share Image
I just saw a recent television program about art, and it was saying how from the end of the Second World War,… — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
For more than twenty-five years my mind had been deeply troubled by the fact that these mechanical and scientific achievements ofman had… — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share Image
“Thus, in that inevitable taking of sides which comes from selection and emphasis in history, I prefer to try to tell the… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“The Second World War, when it came in 1939, was unquestionably the outcome of the First, and in large measure its continuation.… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
For a while, after the Second World War, when there was strong support for labor, this was done subtly. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When the Second World War finished, I was 23 and already I had seen enough horror to last me a lifetime. I'd… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
Since the Second World War, as female expectations and opportunities have risen, becoming a royal woman - and remaining a royal woman… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
We should recall that during the Second World War and the Great Depression there was an upsurge in popular, radical democracy. In… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
During the Second World War, we lived in a flat on Whitechapel Road in the East End of London. At one point… — Steven Berkoff Copy Share Image
Bill Phillips was this nervous, chain-smoking student. He had signed up to be an engineer, he had gone away to fight in… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
We helped generate that international law coming out of a very difficult and hard-won experiences in the First and Second World War.… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
The Second World War is the largest single event in human history, fought across six of the world's seven continents and all… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
Without chemical slaughterhouses, without a systematic mass murder, the tragedy of the Jews is just one out of the numerous tragedies that… — Jurgen Graf Copy Share Image
My accent does slip. When I arrived in England in 1978 at 18, I was shocked to find myself 'the American' at… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different. — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
Ours was the Thatcher generation. Ultimately, we were all trying to succeed. There was a work ethic instilled in us. Our parents… — Michaela Strachan Copy Share Image
The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain… — Jan Peter Balkenende Copy Share Image
