Laura Brandon on how conflict looms large in both artistic practices and the public imagination. Continue reading
Category Archives: Author Journal
Green in the USA
Jad Adams. Continue reading
Sexy Buttons
Nina Edwards. Continue reading
Art and Animals
Giovanni Aloi. Continue reading
You Better Watch Out: Christmas Horror
Kim Newman. The story of ‘the first Noel’ is so steeped in violence that no film version of the Nativity has been able to cope with it. Continue reading
El Estudiante (The Student): Film Review
Jens Andermann. Continue reading
Capital Sentences
James Gregory. 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
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
Champagne and Shrapnel
Amy Helen Bell. Continue reading
The First World War in Buttons
Nina Edwards. Continue reading