Alwyn Turner
Cultural historian and author of Shellshock Nation: Britain Between the Wars, known for writing on modern British social and cultural history and appearing as a guest to discuss the 1930s.
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Jan 28, 2026 • 37min
Shellshock Nation: Fear, Fantasy, and the Myth of the "Devil's Decade"
Alwyn Turner, cultural historian and author of Shellshock Nation, reframes 1930s Britain with a sharp cultural eye. He spotlights mass reading and the Penguin paperback boom. He examines popular entertainments like greyhound racing, the abdication drama, the marginality of British fascism, and pervasive fear of aerial bombardment. Short, vivid snapshots challenge the era’s doom-and-gloom reputation.
