Exploring the Cold War episode of the Porkkala Parenthesis, the enforced Soviet occupation of part of Finland’s territory in the aftermath of World War 2 Read More
The Porkkala Parenthesis : Discovering traces of the Cold War in Finland
The Well of Death : Visiting the dark site of Greece’s most infamous Civil War atrocity
In the aftermath of the Axis occupation of Greece, the quaint Greek village of Meligalas in the southern region of Messinia became the site of one of the darkest pages in Greek history, when communist guerrillas of EAM-ELAS encircled the retreating forces of the right wing Security Battalions, and after defeating them in pitched combat,… Read More
The Walking City : How Futurism and Cold War paranoia inspired London’s most visionary architects
“…emerging through a cloud of fumes, the Hayward Gallery rose up on its giant insect-like legs, dust and debris crumbling around it, water from the severed pipes and electric cables crackling in the darkness below. Then a primal roar sounded from the building’s massive ventilation shafts, the sound of a concrete and steel beast, rising… Read More