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Britain’s great postwar party
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Apr 30, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
Harriet Atkinson takes us back to 1951’s Festival of Britain, a celebration of a nation rising from the ashes of war The Festival of Britain of 1951 was a nation’s attempt to show off its best side to the world – a great celebration of a people rising from the ashes of conflict. Harriet Atkinson reveals how this four-month-long carnival of patriotism was in fact, to a large extent, built around the genius of foreign-born designers.
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Released:
Apr 30, 2021
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Podcast episode
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