Its membership also includes many teachers at universities in countries outside North America, secondary school teachers, and independent scholars. Of all the accounts written about the Second World War, none are more compelling than the personal diaries composed by those who lived through it. The End of Innocence Dog’s Best Friend In Miniature. Noon dialogue between Miss Bousie and me: Miss Bousie (about 55): In the back of my mind I feel it won’t happen. Here you can find information about Simon Garfields books, a selection of Simon Garfields journalism, and other entertaining bits and pieces Home Books. While the largest single group of its members teaches British history in colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, the NACBS has significant representation among specialists in literature, art history, politics, law, sociology, and economics. We Are At War continues Simon Garfield's successful formula of interweaving five ordinary lives from the Mass-Observation archive begun with Our Hidden Lives. Miss Carswell openly says ‘she has the wind up.’ Everybody else agrees that if we show Hitler we are afraid, he will press his point. The NACBS also sponsors an annual conference, as well as several academic prizes, graduate fellowships, and undergraduate essay contests. A young widow named Cora who’s not at all sorry that her cad of a husband is dead needs to remarry to retain custody of her children.

44), the journal merged with the NACBS publication Albion, creating one journal for NACBS membership. Our Hidden Lives, We Are At War and Private Battles, were bestsellers. Drawing on both established and emerging approaches, JBS presents scholarly articles and books reviews from renowned international authors who share their ideas on British society, politics, law, economics, and the arts. Simon Garfield explores how we have written to each other over the centuries. The official publication of the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS), the Journal of British Studies, has positioned itself as the critical resource for scholars of British culture from the Middle Ages through the present.

We Are At War by Simon Garfield