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Next time, it won’t be so easy to hide

15 October 202016 August 2018

This ad for nuclear bunkers, which appeared in 1981, pits the popular notion of the Blitz spirit against the grim reality of nuclear attack.

In doing so, it makes the earlier bombing of London seem something of a light-hearted game of hide-and-seek.

Continue reading this article…Next time, it won’t be so easy to hide

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