The Blitz ended when the Germans turned their focus toward the Soviet Union. World War II ended in Europe with Nazi Germany’s ...

Oscar-winner Steve McQueen's latest film offers a new perspective on life in the capital during the devastating 1940-41 Nazi ...

Before Blitz, John Boorman’s account of a boyhood spent ‘running wild’ during wartime was as true as film gets – even down to ...

The writer and director Steve McQueen narrates a sequence from his film set in London during World War II.

By showing the blitz through the eyes of a young black Londoner finding his way home through the city, McQueen reveals a ...

The novelist and New Statesman contributor, who has died aged 87, was one of the pre-eminent English writers. By Leo Robson ...

Indeed, Levine says that there was a so-called “Blitz spirit,” examples of Brits from all walks of life banding together to survive, whether it was holding hands to support one another as the ...

Steve McQueen’s World War II drama may appear conventional on the surface, but don’t miss what it’s really doing.

The film enshrined the idea of an indefatigable "blitz spirit" within the British people, a stoic yet cheerful defiance that paved the way for the ultimate defeat of fascism. The political and ...