Anglia was a magazine published by the Information Research Department, a propaganda agency of the British Foreign Office from 1962 to 1992. The title of the magazine was a reference to the familiar name for Britain in the Soviet Union. Similar naming procedures were employed for other propaganda periodicals such as Amerika and Jugoslavija, both of which were also distributed in the Soviet Union.[1]
| Editor-in-chief | Ned Thomas |
|---|---|
| Former editors | Wright Miller (1962–1967) |
| Categories | Propaganda magazine |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Publisher | Information Research Department |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Final issue | 1992 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Russian |
History and profile
editAnglia was launched by Information Research Department in 1962.[1][2] The magazine was printed in the United Kingdom and distributed in the Soviet Union.[2] It was published quarterly.[2][3]
The founding editor-in-chief of Anglia was Wright Miller who was replaced in 1967 by Ned Thomas.[1] The magazine was a tool for visual diplomacy.[4] It adopted a positive propaganda approach and featured articles in which the United Kingdom was shown as a wealthy, progressive and democratic country.[1] The magazine also included articles about British literature and music[1] and children's literature by British writers.[1][2]
Anglia folded in 1992.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Sarah Davies (2013). "The Soft Power of Anglia: British Cold War Cultural Diplomacy in the USSR". Contemporary British History. 27 (3): 302, 309–310. doi:10.1080/13619462.2013.794695. S2CID 144961350.
- ^ a b c d Elena Goodwin (2019). Translating England into Russian: The Politics of Children's Literature in the Soviet Union and Modern Russia. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 61–62. ISBN 978-1-350-13401-0.
- ^ Sarah Davies (2015). "The Soviet Union Encounters Anglia: Britain's Russian Magazine as a Medium for Cross-Border Communication". In Simo Mikkonen; Pia Koivunen (eds.). Beyond the divide: Entangled histories of Cold War Europe. New York; London: Berghahn Books. pp. 218–234. ISBN 978-1-78238-866-1.
- ^ Annette Vowinckel (2019). "The Berlin Wall: Photographic Diplomacy in a Globalised World". In Simo Mikkonen; Giles Scott-Smith; Jari Parkkinen (eds.). Entangled East and West Cultural Diplomacy and Artistic Interaction during the Cold War. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. p. 69. doi:10.1515/9783110573169. ISBN 9783110570502.