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History & The Arts
Selling Empire: Introduction
Get an overview of our 'Selling Empire' articles, which explore the selling and marketing of the British Empire.
History & The Arts
Selling Empire: Epilogue – the slow death of heroism?
This article traces the change from optimism over the Commonwealth and over Britain as a jet-age great power in the 1940s-50s, towards comedy and cynicism over empire by the 1960s. Starting with the Empire and Commonwealth Annuals of the early postwar years, it ends with Carry on Up the Khyber and the Flashman novels.
History & The Arts
Selling Empire: Film
Read about how Empire Marketing Board filmmakers were given enormous scope to experiment and explore how this allowed them to progress from cheaply shot shorts on British topics to innovative films such as Song of Ceylon.
History & The Arts
Selling Empire: Posters
Explore the Empire Marketing Board’s posters in more detail, starting with the Highways of Empire poster.
History & The Arts
Selling Empire: The Empire Marketing Board
Explore the origins and role of one iconic Empire marketing institution – the Empire Marketing Board (EMB) was founded in May 1926 to encourage Empire trade, and given committees for research, marketing, and publicity.
Society, Politics & Law
Dialogues Across Borders
Abdul Rahman Haroun walked from France to the United Kingdom. On A Wing And A Prayer is a response to that journey.
Society, Politics & Law
Reactions and reflections to On a Wing and a Prayer
Audiences, academics and the artist reflect on the video installation.
Society, Politics & Law
On a Wing and a Prayer: A case study
Abdul Rahman Haroun walked from France to the United Kingdom. On A Wing And A Prayer is a response to that journey.
Society, Politics & Law
From a distance
From a Distance: A conversation on the ethics of representing the refugee crisis between Umut Erel and Behjat Omer Abdulla
Society, Politics & Law
The influence of From A Distance on audiences and participants
How the Tate visitors got close to From A Distance.
History & The Arts
Music as a Source of Unity: When Rory Gallagher Came to Belfast
Learn about the significance of live music as a unifying force between diverse communities in 1970s Belfast.
History & The Arts
What do historians do?
What do historians do? In this free course you will explore some of the ways that historians work to develop our understanding of the past. You will learn about three aspects of the historian’s craft through three topic areas: landscapes, infant health and criminal justice. Through the activities in the course, you will experience a wide range ...