KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON LISTENING

On the Media | May 20, 2016

From "Keep Calm and Fight ISIS" to "Keep Calm and Support ISIS" - any which way - "Keep Calm and X" has become an enduring, global meme. Bob talks to Owen Hatherley, author of the book Ministry of Nostalgia: Consuming Austerity about how the slogan went from from Blitz-era British Ministry of Information test-copy propaganda to English middle-class cult trinket, to international brand. 

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"Fallen Leaves" by Marcos Ciscar"

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