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The Real Threads: Civil Defence in the US Fabric and Textile Industry
Looking at a 1970 booklet called Civil Defense in the Textile, Apparel and Related Industries.
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3 years, 1 month ago
Don't Mention The War!
Looking at the UK's new emergency alert test.
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3 years, 2 months ago
Free extract from ATTACK WARNING RED audiobook
An extract from my upcoming book's audiobook. This is taken from the book's final chapter, 'Nuclear War at the BBC', and looks at the controversy sur…
3 years, 3 months ago
The Trouble With Balloons
How balloons have been used in nuclear spying, testing and protesting.
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3 years, 4 months ago
Four Minutes of Threads, Part 24
Another four minutes of Threads!
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3 years, 4 months ago
POP! Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
First in a new series looking at nuclear-themed pop music. This week, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes by Ultravox.
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3 years, 5 months ago
American Industrial Civil Defence
We look into my civil defence archive and find a thin yellow leaflet from the 60s called Civil Defense Training for Business and Industry.
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3 years, 5 months ago
Four Minutes of Threads, Part 23
Radioactive refugees, rats and regret. It's all here in Part 23!
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3 years, 5 months ago
Neither snow nor rain nor nuclear war...
The United States Postal Service and its plans to keep delivering the mail after nuclear war.
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3 years, 6 months ago
One Minute of Threads, Part 22
"Buggered if I'll be shot by a traffic warden!"
One minute of Threads, devoted to the moment when the iconic traffic warden appears, and tickets our h…
3 years, 7 months ago