When the wind blows

James and Hilda Bloggs enjoy a peaceful retirement in their pretty little house in the middle of the English countryside. They are tender and have no one for the other than smiles and sweet words. Their daily life flows at a rhythm quiet, far from the worries of the wide world and the dull threats of the cold war. But one day, their radio station relays alarming information: tensions revived, strikes imminent… “Get ready, the Bomb is coming!!”, the warns the government. Fortunately, James brought back from the library a official guide to surviving an atomic attack. So don't panic, just to follow his instructions until the alert is lifted and everything will be back to normal in order. Unless?… Raymond Briggs, a British author previously known for his children's books, published in 1982 this evocation of the nuclear apocalypse mixing tragedy and comedy. A fierce attack on states ready to put the life of any person at risk a population to win an international confrontation, When the wind blows wind is still terribly relevant. It is also an intimate story of great emotional strength. Drawing inspiration from his own parents, Briggs portrays, not without a certain causticity, a couple of characters as endearing that are naive, but still animated by a force of life which pushes them to believe in best, to the point of blindness.