Nathaniel G. Lew is Associate Professor of Music at Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont, USA.
This book will be of great interest to musical, social and political historians as they seek to better understand the cultural implications of post-Second World War Britain, and the attempts made to mould an artistic response to the both the optimism and the hardships following the end of hostilities. - John France, MusicWeb International ...impressively-researched, compelling and highly useful addition to the literature about the Festival of Britain. - Nicholas Clark, Britten-Pears Foundation in EuropeNow, September 2017