British history: 1945 - 2007


 

The new Europe - Treatment of Germany

The Allied leaders, Roosevelt (USA), Churchill (Britain) and Stalin (Russia), met in February 1945 at Yalta in the Crimea (Russia) and discussed what to do once Germany had been beaten ...

George Orwell: Animal Farm (1945)

Mr Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes ...

George Orwell: Farm der Tiere (1945)

Mr. Jones von der Herrenfarm hatte abends die Hühnerställe zugesperrt, aber er vergaß in seiner Betrunkenheit, die Klappen zu schließen ...

Britain after the war

Britain played a major role in the Allied victory, though it was less important than either that of Russia, with her huge armed forces, or the United States, with her industrial resources ...

Labour´s election victory - Churchill - out of touch

In July 1945 Britain had its first election since 1935 ...

"The Locomotive of History"

Leon Trotsky, one of the men who helped set up a Communist state in Russia, once wrote that war was 'the locomotive of history' ...

The end of European power

The influence of the great European states like Britain and France had already started to weaken before 1939 ...

George Orwell: 1984 (1949)

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen ...

George Orwell: 1984 (1949) - deutsch

Es war ein klarer, kalter Tag im April, und die Uhren schlugen gerade dreizehn ...

Henry Moore

In painting and sculpture, as in music, it could not be claimed that Britain has occupied a dominant position in the decades since the Second World War ...

Henry Moore with one of his great open-air sculpturs - PowerPoint-Präsentation

C.S. Lewis - The Chronicles Of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)

Author C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland ...

Henry Moore: Innere, äussere Formen (1951) - PowerPoint-Präsentation

Elizabeth II - PowerPoint-Präsentation

On Top Of The World

It has been 50 years since two adventurers first climbed Mt. Everest (2003)

Mount Everest - PowerPoint-Präsentation

Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot (1953)

Estragon (giving up again). Nothing to be done ...

DNA

Britain's experiences in nuclear and space science have certainly not been entirely satisfactory ...

Henry Moore: Krieger (1953 - 54) - PowerPoint-Präsentation

J.R.R.Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings (1954)

When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton ...

The Beatles

The Beatles were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr ...

Liverpool and the Beatles

On Wednesday 24th October 1962, Love Me Do, entered the British Top Thirty ...

The Beatles - PowerPoint-Präsentation

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) - Cover - PowerPoint-Präsentation

July 29, 1981

On July 29, 1981, 32-year-old Charles, Prince of Wales, married 20-year-old Lady Diana Spencer ...

The Falklands War

In 1982 came the conflict which even in the long and varied British world experience was unique, the Falklands War ...

Traning off Ascension Island for a possible invasion of the Falklands, May 1982 - PowerPoint-Präsentation

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Cats (1982) - PowerPoint-Präsentation

Andrew Lloyd Webber - PowerPoint-Präsentation

Margaret Thatcher during the 1983 election campaign - PowerPoint-Präsentation

Samuel Beckett: Stirrings Still (1988)

One night as he sat at his table head on hands he saw himself rise and go ...

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

This classic comedy is just as funny today as it was when it came out in 1988 ...

Tim Vicary: The Elephant Man (1989)

My name is Dr Frederick Treves. I am a doctor at the London Hospital ...

The Collapse of Communism in Europe

Though Russia was a huge country with tremendous natural resources, it did not have an efficient economic system ...

John le Carré: The Russia House (1989)

In a broad Moscow street not two hundred yards from the Leningrad station ...

Milestones in the history of the European Union

1945   -  Year of a new beginning ...

John Fuller: Telephone (1993)

It's six o'clock precisely and the telephone's just started to ring ...

Angela Carter: The Kiss

The winters in Central Asia are piercing and bleak, while the sweating, foetid summers bring cholera, dysentery and mosquitoes ...

Tony Blair - PowerPoint-Präsentation

The People´s Princess

Britain bids farewell to a favorite royal princess, Diana of Wales (1997)

Joanne K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher´s Stone (1997)

Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much ...

Hooked on Harry

No one is hotter than J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter

Mark Foster and Phillip Burrows: Into the Pyramid (1998)

"Stop! Stop! There´s the shop. It´s there," says Alberta ...

Mark Foster and Phillip Burrows: The Thursday Thief (1999)

Crash! "Oh, no!" says Charlie. "I must get a robot to clean my room" ...

Moby

The real name of electronic-music star Moby is Richard Melville Hall ...

Big Wins at Wimbledon

Venus Williams scores her second straight title while underdog Goran Ivanisevic wins a thrilling match

Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman: Something Stupid (2001) - deutsch

Ich weiß, dass ich sozusagen auf der Warteliste stehe in Sachen "Einen Abend mit dir verbringen" ...

Robbie Williams: Feel (2002)

Come and hold my hand ...

Dido: White Flag (2003)

I know you think that I shouldn't still love you or tell you that ...

Dido: Life For Rent (2003) - Cover - PowerPoint-Präsentation

Eric Prydz: Call On Me (2004)

Joanne K. Rowling - PowerPoint-Präsentation