Tag: morale

BlitzSpirit: Beyond “Keep Calm” – the surprising science of keeping the nation going. The blackout curtains are drawn. A wireless crackles with news of another raid. Down the street, the distant thud of anti-aircraft fire punctuates the night. But it wasn’t just bombs the government worried about falling on Britain during the Second World War. […]

BlitzSpirit: Examining the narrative of unwavering British fortitude during the Second World War. The photograph is iconic: a Londoner calmly reading a newspaper as flames leap from buildings behind them. It feels like definitive proof of the ‘Blitz Spirit’ – that famed stoicism in the face of unimaginable horror. But was this widespread calm truly […]