Tag: interwar period

Have You Forgotten Yet? Between the Two World Wars

by Derelict Space Sheep on February 16, 2025 in 42 Word Retrospectives • 0 Comments

Have You Forgotten Yet? Between the Two World Wars

by Alan Delgado (David & Charles, 1973)

Written fifty years ago and looking back a further fifty, Delgado’s aide-mémoire of the English interwar period encompasses politics and society; libraries and publishing; music, radio, dance, film and theatre; technology; leisure, sport; and news media. Faded b&w photographs provide nostalgic testimony.

Wicked Little Letters

by Derelict Space Sheep on April 4, 2024 in 42 Word Reviews • 0 Comments

Wicked Little Letters

dir. Thea Sharrock (2023)

Though tending to emphasise its absurdities, this dark comedy stays close to true events and presents a quite horrifying portrayal of interwar, small-town religious prejudice and highhanded patriarchal injustice. The mostly female cast are all excellent, especially Anjana Vasan and Jessie Buckley.