October 2022: Dr James Taylor gave a talk titled ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives ~ Art & design on the Home Front in World War II’.
Dr James Taylor is a former curator of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich and is a specialist in British propaganda posters of the First and Second World Wars. He will present the remarkable story of Fougasse (real name Cyril Kenneth Bird) who devised Careless Talk Costs Lives, alongside the ingenious artists who created the enduring images of public information for campaigns such as Dig For Victory, Make Do & Mend, Is Your Journey Really Necessary and Keep Calm and Carry On. The talk will feature posters and artworks by H. M. Bateman, Evelyn Dunbar, Abram Games and Dame Laura Knight, among others, and a notable number of a light-hearted and humorous nature.
| Event type: | Meeting - past event |
| Date: | Wednesday 19th October 2022 |
| Time: | 2:30 pm |
| Group: | monthly speaker meeting |