Month by month from August 1914, Graves stitches together the commentary, verse and jokes with which Punch followed the war at home and at the front. Food controllers and Bath buns, recruiting and rationing, politicians and profiteers, and the courage of the fighting men all pass through its pages, framed by the magazine’s own patriotic voice.
A record of how wartime Britain laughed to keep its spirits up, as interesting to historians as to readers of humour. Download the free EPUB.