James Mansell from The University of Manchester was given access to BBC archives and the British Library to research events surrounding what he regards as the unofficial banning of the World Requiem.

For over seven decades the nuclear bomb has been a presence in our lives The Nuclear Requiem is a meditation based on a journey taken during the 70th anniversary with voices representing different ...

Reviewing the world premiere in 1962, the Times' critic, William Mann, wrote that the Requiem was "so superbly proportioned and calculated, so humiliating and disturbing in effect, in fact so ...