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The Coronation of Edward VIII in a 1936 Christmas Book

Publishing is a notoriously slow industry and even the long lead magazines can take months to produce. So it’s absolutely vital that they are future proofed as best as possible and what could be more solid than the upcoming Coronation in 1937? So in 1936, when they were putting together the Big Christmas Wonder Book, …

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Reporting America, Reporting Britain

The Eccles Institute for American Studies hosted a fascinating talk at the British Library on Monday evening. Entitled ‘Alistair Cooke: Reporting America, Reporting Britain’ and commemorating the centenary of the great journalist and broadcaster’s birth, the panel reflected on the differences and similarities in journalistic culture both sides of the Atlantic. (Really a terrible pic, …

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