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Tag: war
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The latest novel from Tim Leach brings us deep into the world of the ancient Sarmatians, writes Professor Wu
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“Terribly magnificent” – for remembrance day, we have chosen 13 war poems, which you can read for free here
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When ‘Catch-22’ was first published, Evelyn Waugh said that those who claimed it was a novel were “mistaken”, instead arguing the book was “a collection of sketches — often repetitious — totally without structure.” Yet what Waugh couldn’t (or perhaps didn’t want) to see at the time, was that Heller’s work was actually the product…
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Human beings have been reporting on wars and battles almost as long as there have been wars and battles (which may mean they have always been, if you are to accept the idea that mankind has an innate inclination toward violence). The earliest cave paintings depicted our forebears on great hunts; and oral histories of…