keep calm – carry on

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   Munch on May 13, 2020 at 3:34 pm

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   Idea: keep calm – carry on

   Link: https://ideamill.info/get-excited-and-make...

   …sod that, its prolly better to kick up a fuss and make a difference…

   get excited and make things - IdeaMill

   Link: https://ideamill.info/get-excite

   NOT stay calm carry on!

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   Martin on May 13, 2020 at 3:30 pm

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   Idea: keep calm – carry on

   Link: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan...

   “Most of those who have bought this poster, or worn the various bags, T-shirts and other memorabilia based on it, were probably born in the 1970s or 1980s. They have no memory whatsoever of the kind of benevolent statism the slogan purports to exemplify. “

   Keep Calm and Carry On – the sinister message behind the slogan that seduced the nation

   Link: https://www.theguardian.com/book

   It is on posters, mugs, tea towels and in headlines. Harking back to a ‘blitz spirit’ and an age of public service, ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ has become ubiquitous. How did a cosy, middle-class joke assume darker connotations?

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