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How two literary magazines boosted morale during the Blitz

The contribution to the war effort of writers in Horizon and New Penguin Writing has not been sufficiently recognised, says William Loxley

John Lehmann and Leonard Woolf discussing books during the Blitz. [Getty Images]
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  • Writing in the Dark: Bloomsbury, the Blitz and Horizon Magazine

    William Loxley

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp. 388, £20

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