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Bringing modernism to the masses in 20th-century Britain

Owen Hatherley examines the contribution of refugees from central Europe to the film industry, publishing and public art, especially architecture and town planning

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EXPLORE THE ISSUE 29 March 2025
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  • The Alienation Effect: How Central European Émigrés Transformed the British Twentieth Century

    Owen Hatherley

    Allen Lane, pp. 608, £35

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