changing events of war. Through the Home intelligence Division, the MOI collected reactions to general wartime morale and, in some cases, specifically to publicity produced. Dylan Thomas, frustrated at being declared unfit to join the armed forces, contacted Sir Kenneth Clark, director of the films division of the Ministry of Information, and offered his services. Although not directly employed by the MOI, he scripted at least five films in 1942 with titles such as This Is Colour (about dye); New Towns for Old; These Are the Men; Our Country (a sentimental tour of Britain), and The Art of Conversation. Ministers of Information 1939–46 Colour key (for political parties): Current research A major four-year Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded research project on the "Communications History of the Ministry of Information" began in January 2014. The project is led by Professor Simon Eliot of the School of Advanced Study at the University of London and Paul Vetch of the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London. A project website called MOI Digital was launched on 24 June 2014. Henry Irving and Judith Townend have drawn parallels between information censorship in Britain during World War II and contemporary restrictions in reporting trials that relate to terrorism offences, such as the case of R v Incedal and Rarmoul-Bouhadjar (2014). See also Paper Salvage 1939–50 Political Warfare Executive – British Second World War white and black propaganda unit Ministry of Truth – Fictional version of the MOI in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four War Artists' Advisory Committee British War Memorials Committee Central Office of Information Disinformation Governance Board References Information Information Censorship in the United Kingdom Organizations awarded an Academy Honorary Award Information (United Kingdom) Information (United Kingdom) 1918 establishments in the United Kingdom 1939 establishments in the United Kingdom 1946 disestablishments in the United Kingdom United Kingdom in World War I United Kingdom in World War II United Kingdom