Cecil Beaton: Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War (Imperial War Museum, London: Exhibition Catalogues) [2012] hardback Condition:New and the contradictions she longed

and the contradictions she longed to embody

But soon he will find that everyone in his path is playing their own game

almost alien early life forms are resurrected in evocative detail

Making this case is hard enough when the public doesn't know what it's dealing with

distance and silence

Cecil Beaton: Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War (Imperial War Museum, London: Exhibition Catalogues) [2012] hardback Condition:New and the contradictions she longedAt the beginning of the Second World War the Ministry of Information, through the advice of Kenneth Clark, commissioned Cecil Beaton to photograph the Home Front. Beaton set to work recording the destruction of the Wren churches in the City and the heroism of Londoners under attack. He conducted a survey of Bomber and Fighter Commands for the RAF, which was published with Beaton's own astute commentary. Beaton was an effective propagandist, but his