In 1928, the V&A acquired a previously unknown portrait. It shows the Black Jamaican polymath Francis Williams (c. 1690-1762), dressed in a wig, surrounded by books and scientific instruments. Fara ...

During World War II German propaganda emphasized the prowess of the German army and contrasted it with the British and Allied armies who were depicted as cowards and butchers, or brave but misguided.

Carrots help you see in the dark, right? Wrong, you've actually been swallowing WW2 propaganda. Film by Max Tobin. The British naturalist embarked on an extraordinary journey, did hundreds of ...

One of the most significant uses of propaganda was the response to the rescue of soldiers from Dunkirk in France. In May 1940, the Germans forced the French and British armies back through France ...

His latest book, How to Win an Information War, revolves around the World War II activities of Sefton Delmer (1904–1979), a British propagandist dedicated not to preserving illusions but to ...