‘Spreading fields of victory’?
Year: 2020

The War Illustrated was a popular weekly magazine, which informed the British public about the details and controversies of the First World War. Its image-led depiction of the conflict comprised maps, photographs and war artists’ work alongside reporting, editorials and articles from notable figures such as H. G. Wells and Millicent Fawcett. While there is ample evidence of War Illustrated accepting establishment views and broadcasting the staples of propaganda, it also articulated what today ma