Stuart Jeffries

What really went on at Britain’s Bikini Atoll?

Stuart Jeffries takes the ferry to Orford Ness, a strange shingle spit on the Suffolk coast, where art mingles with death

Britain’s Bikini Atoll: the exact diabolical nature of the military experiments that took place at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment in Orford Ness might never be clear. Commissioned and produced by Artangel. Presented in partnership with the National Trust. Photograph: Johny Pitts 
issue 31 July 2021
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