Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/D/2/3/51
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/D/2/3/51
Title
Modern Times
Date(s)
- 1944–1945 (undated; circa.) (Creation)
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Extent and medium
6p paper
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Typescript essay, in which Beaton reflects on the particular changes wrought on the city of London by the Second World War, and questions whether the strange beauty of its wartime transformation may be lost or forgotten with time.