Secret Nuclear Art Plans

Secret documents detailing the government's emergency response to a nuclear attack have revealed officials had no plans for a mass civilian evacuation - but a strategy was in place for saving treasured works of art. According to the 30-year-old files - described by historians as the "most secret" to be released by the National Archive, art masterpieces from galleries in Edinburgh and London would have been transported to Wales, where they would have been stashed in a slate quarry. The prime minister and top officials would have been taken to government bunkers manned by civil servants. Irish Art