Lynn Barber

How Britain prepared for Armageddon from the 1950s onwards

The official policy in the event of nuclear war veered from fatuous evacuation plans to a directive to stockpile food, stay home and hope for the best

The Protect and Survive leaflet issued in Britain in 1980. [Alamy]
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