Keep Calm and Carry On – The Compromise Behind the Slogan

Posted by: Dr Henry Irving, Posted on: 27 June 2014 - Categories: Art and design, Defence and conflict, Home affairs

The instruction to ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ has become one of the most recognisable slogans in British history. The phrase has reinforced a popular view of life in the Second World War and has been reproduced on everything from …