In 1928, the V&A acquired a previously unknown portrait. It shows the Black Jamaican polymath Francis Williams (c. 1690-1762), dressed in a wig, surrounded by books and scientific instruments. Fara ...

During World War II German propaganda emphasized the prowess of the German army and contrasted it with the British and Allied armies who were depicted as cowards and butchers, or brave but misguided.

Recording Evil,' a landmark documentary project exposing the largest spy operation in WWII, is based on declassified British ...

One of the most significant uses of propaganda was the response to the rescue of soldiers from Dunkirk in France. In May 1940, the Germans forced the French and British armies back through France ...