Karel Čapek and Czechoslovak Exile Propaganda
Karel Čapek (1890-1938) belongs to the modern canon of literature as one of rather few Czech authors. He wrote his major plays and novels (R.U.R, War with the Newts, The White Disease or Krakatit)...
Monthly Archive: July 2019
Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac: Resistance Fighter and Historian
Eric Hobsbawm did not live during the 19th century but he wrote a great book about the long century. Christopher Clark did not experience the First World War but he wrote one of the...
Remembering Britain’s Post-War Social and Racial Tensions: The Archives of the George Padmore Institute
The George Padmore Institute is an archive and community centre with a rich collection chronicling the literary, cultural and political history of black Britain. The Institute was founded in 1991 by Caribbean activist, poet and publisher John La Rose (1927-2006).
