Air defence

Sphere, 12 December 1936, 496
1930s, Air defence, Books, Civil defence, Collective security, Maps, Periodicals, Pictures, Publications

It’s that quote again — III

After the drama of 1934, ‘the bomber will always get through’ appears less frequently in the British Newspaper Archive (BNA) in 1935 (though still at about twice the level than in 1932 or 1933). But it is still mostly being used in a very political way. This is not surprising, with the general election contested

1910s, Air defence, Archives, Blogging, tweeting and podcasting, Books, Conferences and talks, Phantom airships, mystery aeroplanes, and other panics

Le Queux’s war

The novelist William Le Queux is famous, or rather infamous, for beating the drum of the German invasion and spy threat before the Great War. But what did he do during the war? Unsurprisingly, he did much the same thing. On 28 February 1915, for example, The People published an article by Le Queux entitled

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