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How romanticised images of London fog shaped the way we see polluted air

Researching in the archives of the British photographic company Ilford Limited, I recently came across a curious memo pasted into an experiment book by one of the company’s chemists. Dated January 19 1923, it appears as a small interruption in the page: a practical instruction that “in future, coating of…

The Conversation · Jan 23

Brawls, blackmail and Judi Dench: 75 staggering moments from 75 years of The Archers

From Jill’s flung flapjack to Nigel’s tragic fall, the Great Flood, Helen’s acquittal and a priceless cameo from Dame Judi, here’s an anniversary feast of epic Ambridge moments

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1

John Chillingworth obituary

Photographer whose work for Picture Post in the 1940s and 50s documented a period of social change in Britain

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2025

'It'll all be over by next year' − how Britain celebrated Christmas in 1943

Britain’s popular newspapers greeted Christmas 1943 with the fond hope that it would be the last Christmas of the war. Daily Mail columnist Simon Harcourt-Smith wrote: “We will have only ourselves to blame if by Christmas 1944 our victory in Europe is not several months old.”

The Conversation · Dec 21, 2023