2019-06-01 Homes and Gardens

1940 s

InthezeItgeIst

Rationing (and how to get around it).

headlInenews

The creation of the NHS.

Culturalradar

ABSTRACTEXPRESSIONISMTheartof

Pollock,Rothkoandcosprungfrom

Europeansurrealismandwasthefirst

Americanartmovementtohave

international influence.

lIfestylemoment

DIORChristianDior’sdebut

collectioninFebruary 1947 launcheda

newglamourwithnippedwaists,full

skirtsandsoftshoulders.Theclothes

metwithanecstaticresponse,revived

theFrenchfashionindustryand

influenced fashion for decades.

householdessentIal

THEGASMASKNotasglamorousas

the cocktail shaker or the wireless, but

thegovernmentwastakingnochances

andeveryonehadtohaveone.Fines

were issued for non-compliance.

whoknew?

BingCrosby’srecordingofWhite

Christmasremainsthebiggest-selling

singleever,withestimatedsales

of over 50 million copies.

hoth>oPIC
PhotograPhs ‘Concerning’ blackout blinds.

ALAMY

averagehouse

PrICe:£530

(equivalentto

£39,450 today)