Nurit Peled-Elhanan asks: how is Palestine, and the Palestinians against whom young Israelis will potentially be required to use force against, portrayed in the school system? Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Remembrance and Peace: German War Graves Commission
Nearly one hundered years on, the First World War grave sites in Europe remain some of the most potent advocates of peace we have on Earth. Continue reading »
Painting of the Week: 3
Alexej von Jawlensky, Head of a Woman, 1911, Oil on millboard laid on plywood, 52.4 x 55 cm Continue reading »
Sketch Marcs
To our mind, Franz Marc is one of the greatest animal painters of the 20th century. Continue reading »
Stanley Kubrick: New York Jew
Nathan Abrams. Continue reading »
Pixar and the Age of Aggregated Film Criticism
Richard McCulloch. Continue reading »
Amritsar and the British in India
Nick Lloyd. History is written by the winners. I was constantly reminded of this somewhat hackneyed phrase when writing my new book, The Amritsar Massacre. Continue reading »
Painting of the Week: 2
David Harrison, Drifting Spirits, 2001, Oil on Canvas, 100.5 x 159.5cm Continue reading »
John Bright and America
Bill Cash. Today is John Bright’s 200th birthday. Largely forgotten today, he was one of Britain’s most influential statesmen of the nineteenth century – both home and abroad. Notably, in the United States, he was a dedicated opponent to slavery and champion of the North in the American Civil War. Continue reading »
Alexander Sokurov
Despite being internationally distributed and revered around the world for over four decades, Alexander Sokurov has only just been awarded a major film prize. Continue reading »
