Moonlight Sonata
12. Feeling a little lost

oil on canvas, 30 cm x 21 cm, Iain White £150

Mass Observation Unit

Set up in 1937, the Mass Observation Unit, was a social research organisation working with the Ministry of Information that aimed at recording everyday life in Britain. The unit's investigators arrived at scenes of devastation to record the mood on the ground they found that the impact of the night of 14 Nov 1940 in Coventry was a feeling of psychological desperation and helplessness on a scale that hadn't been seen before. This reaction was exactly what the government had feared. They were worried aerial bombardment could destroy civilian morale, and perhaps in Coventry those fears were put to their sternest test.

12. Feeling a little lost

oil on canvas, 30 cm x 21 cm, Iain White £150

Mass Observation Unit

Set up in 1937, the Mass Observation Unit, was a social research organisation working with the Ministry of Information that aimed at recording everyday life in Britain. The unit's investigators arrived at scenes of devastation to record the mood on the ground they found that the impact of the night of 14 Nov 1940 in Coventry was a feeling of psychological desperation and helplessness on a scale that hadn't been seen before. This reaction was exactly what the government had feared. They were worried aerial bombardment could destroy civilian morale, and perhaps in Coventry those fears were put to their sternest test.