Stories
- Article
The unearthly children of science fiction’s Cold War
In the 1950s a new figure emerged in British novels, film and television: a disturbing young alien that revealed postwar society’s fear of the unruly power of teenagers.
- Article
Does mass media pave the way to fascism?
In the aftermath of World War II, psychoanalysts found the psychological roots of authoritarianism closer to home than was comfortable.
- Article
Do good mothers make good democracy?
To be psychologically fit for democracy, one distinguished paediatrician argued that you need a ‘good enough mother’ – and that we must acknowledge the bad side of our feelings.
- Article
Can our minds be taken hostage?
It’s not unusual for captives to end up feeling strong bonds with their captors. But is it a matter of submission or survival?
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
"World War II. Milk and Food"
Date: 1941Reference: PP/BED/B.4Part of: Bertrand Edward Dawson, Viscount Dawson of Penn (1864-1945)- Archives and manuscripts
World War II
Date: 1942-1952Reference: PP/HVD/APart of: Dicks, Henry- Archives and manuscripts
World War II
Date: 1938-1944Reference: PP/LEW/C/3Part of: Lewis, Sir Thomas- Archives and manuscripts
World War II
Date: c.1939-1945Reference: GC/31/DPart of: Parsons, Professor Thomas Richard- Pictures
World War II: British nurses in Normandy, 1944. Photograph, 1944.
Date: July 1944Reference: 2043347i