{"id":1497,"date":"2017-10-06T15:19:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T14:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2017\/10\/06\/mmu-lecturer-writes-book-iconic-keep-calm-and-carry-poster\/"},"modified":"2017-10-06T15:19:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T14:19:30","slug":"mmu-lecturer-writes-book-iconic-keep-calm-and-carry-poster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/mmu-lecturer-writes-book-iconic-keep-calm-and-carry-poster\/","title":{"rendered":"MMU lecturer writes book on iconic \u2018Keep Calm and Carry On\u2019 poster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">A university lecturer has written a book looking at the history of the iconic Second World War \u2018Keep Calm and Carry On\u2019 poster.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Dr Bex Lewis examines the truth and history behind the well-known poster including how it was designed months before the Second World War began.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">It is a nostalgic lookback at the original use of the poster: how it came about, its design, why it has resonated so widely with the public.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Today it is used on:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc; direction: ltr;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Tea towels<\/li>\n<li>Mugs<\/li>\n<li>T-shirts<\/li>\n<li>Postcards<\/li>\n<li>Bins<\/li>\n<li>Deckchairs<\/li>\n<li>\u2026and by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/692167\/Brexit-vote-Bank-of-England-policy-maker-slashing-interest-rates\">Bank of England policymakers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1496\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/keep_calm_and_carry_on.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/keep_calm_and_carry_on.jpg 600w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/keep_calm_and_carry_on-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2017\/10\/keep_calm_and_carry_on-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style='color: rgb(85, 85, 85); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: \"Source Sans Pro\", \"Helvetica Neue\", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;'>\u00a9 IWM Front page of Keep Calm and Carry On: The Truth Behind the Poster by Bex Lewis<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Originally it was used to boost morale, with the poster used as a huge part of the British governments drive to prepare people for the prospect of war to bear the sacrifice and burden required of them. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Along with the \u2018Your Courage\u2019 and \u2018Freedom is in Peril\u2019 the poster was produced as part of a series known as the \u2018red posters\u2019, despite the fact that they also came in green and blue.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Dr Lewis, lecturer in digital marketing at MMU, said: \u201cIn this new book, the life, death and resurgence of the design is placed into the context of posters in the wartime period, while tapping into why the poster has become such a cultural phenomenon.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Although the phrase \u2018Keep Calm and Carry On\u2019 is now ingrained in public consciousness, the poster was originally meant to read \u2018Keep Calm. 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