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Brutalism: Oscar-nominated film has revived interest in a controversial architectural legacy

With ten Oscar nominations, The Brutalist has reignited the debate over the legacy of brutalism. The polarising architectural style was shaped by post-war hopes for a better future. But it was also, as historian Adrian Forty argues in his book Concrete and Culture (2012), an “expression of melancholy, the work…

The Conversation

France pushes for Unesco status for D-Day beaches and Carcassonne fortresses

France's Ministry of Culture on Monday filed an application to have the beaches in Normandy that were the site of the D-Day landings during the Second World War and the medieval fortresses of Carcassonne added to Unesco's list of World Heritage Sites.

Radio France Internationale

Education for peace: the effort to teach children how to rebuild societies after WWII

While the first world war and the Spanish civil war had already drawn children in Europe and beyond into the orbit of conflict, the second world war marked a pivotal period in how young people have experienced the horrors of war.

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How the brain can miraculously switch off pain

In the second world war, the physician Henry Beecher observed that some of his soldier patients, despite being injured on the battlefield, required no strong painkillers to manage their pain. In some cases, the injury was as severe as losing part of a limb.

The Conversation

How rural English women used scrapbooks to commemorate the death of Winston Churchill

Sixty years ago, on January 24, Britons gathered around their radios to listen to the sombre BBC announcement that Sir Winston Churchill had died at the age of 90. Others learned about the news at church, as they listened to prayers for the life of the former prime minister, admired…

The Conversation

Did Canada Really Just Build a $7.5 Million Monument That Honours Nazis?

Because it sure looks that way

The Walrus

Holocaust Memorial Day: London survivor, 92, calls for tolerance because ‘we all come from same family’

Janine Webber BEM, 92, hid under a wardrobe with her family to avoid Nazi persecution during the Second World War

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Holocaust survivor calls for tolerance because ‘we all come from same family’

Janine Webber BEM, 92, hid under a wardrobe with her family to avoid Nazi persecution during the Second World War.

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Germany’s snap election: playing for the highest of stakes

Editorial: February’s election is shaping up to be one of the most consequential since the second world war

The Guardian - UK

Nothing new under the sun: Australia’s long history of missed chances to build sustainable homes

Australians are no strangers to housing crises. Some will even remember the crisis that followed the second world war. As well as producing the popular mid-century modern style of architecture, these post-war decades were a time of struggle.

The Conversation

Golden Globes 2025: The Brutalist, Emilia Perez, Wicked, Shogun and Baby Reindeer among big winners

Ceremony that kickstarted the awards season was dominated by first-time winners that included Demi Moore and Zoe Saldana

Evening Standard

Vatican Spies by Yvonnick Denoël review – a head-spinning history of saints and sinners

A no-holds-barred account of the Vatican’s covert operations – from escape routes for Nazi war criminals to money laundering for the mafia – is revelatory but sometimes too dense for its own good

The Guardian - UK

Second World War veterans urged to register for VE Day and VJ Day events

The anniversaries are in May and August this year.

The Independent UK

Soldiers keep wartime tradition alive with festive blanket competition

The contest dates back to the Second World War when troops deployed in harsh conditions sought to bring some Christmas cheer to bleak positions.

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Barry Keoghan and Cillian Murphy jubilant as they wrap Peaky Blinders movie

Written by creator Steven Knight, the new movie is set during the Second World War, and is teased to involve new conflicts for the Shelby family.

Evening Standard

Brownfield sites alone cannot solve London's worsening housing crisis

We have under-built for a very long time - London hasn’t built 80,000 homes in any year since the Second World War.

The Guardian - UK

Yan F Zhang’s ‘fearsome and memorable’ Fleeting Marrow wins 4thWrite prize

The ‘remarkable’ short story is based on real-life deportations of Chinese seafarers in the UK after the second world war

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How Lee Miller’s photos remind us of war’s destructive brutality

Almost 80 years since the end of the Second World War, images of its destruction are being brought back to us through the film LEE.

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How the UK’s austerity policies caused life expectancy to fall

Between 1945, when the second world war ended, and the start of the 2010s, average life expectancy and mortality rates in high-income countries improved continuously. But from around 2012, in the UK and in several other countries like the US, Germany and the Netherlands, the rate of improvement slowed, stopped,…

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Israel invokes Nazis and Second World War in response to ICC arrest warrants

ISRAEL has invoked the Second World War as it said the ICC had chosen “the side of terror and evil” by issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin…

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Germany’s post-Holocaust moral remaking is being challenged by the rise of the far-right – and wars in Gaza and Ukraine

Current conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza (now spreading across the Middle East), have placed Germany in a difficult position, forcing it to reconsider its role in the world. A uniquely German sense of guilt and shame for the Holocaust “inseparably” ties the Israel-Palestine conflict to “Germany’s unquestionable solidarity with Israel”,…

The Walrus

Why Is Canada Protecting the Names of Suspected Nazis?

Ottawa won’t disclose list of alleged war criminals believed to have sheltered here after the Second World War

The Conversation

Beyond Ukraine and Gaza: five consequences of overlooking other conflicts

The years since 2020 have been one of the most violent periods since the end of the second world war. The war in Ukraine and the escalating violence in the Middle East have dominated global headlines and captured the attention of policymakers and donors. But while the humanitarian toll in…

Evening Standard

Sugar restrictions in early life ‘may lower chronic disease risk in adulthood’

The findings are based on data gathered after the Second World War in the UK, around the time when sugar rationing ended.

Evening Standard

Taxes, borrowing and spending up in Rachel Reeves’ first Budget

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was ‘fixing the foundations of our economy’ but taxes will rise to their highest levels since the Second World War.

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