Archive for the ‘General’ Category
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The Crimson Field: Nursing at the Western Front
20 Jul 2015Happy to recommend a PBS/BBC mini-series that hasn’t got much attention: The Crimson Field Set in an imaginary field hospital…
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Peter Kennard, Photographer, War
21 May 2015Peter Kennard composes incredibly striking images to help us reflect on war. Now showing at London’s Imperial War Museum.
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The Comedy of Charleroi – Courage and Cowardice in WW I
26 Jan 2015“The captain … was due to retire in October. In the very first burst of fire he was swept out…
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American Sniper
20 Jan 2015The deep belief in a lone war-time hero, acting beyond normal skills and courage, to save dozens if not hundreds…
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WW I: German Demand to Belgium
02 Aug 2014August 2, 1914: Germany issues Belgium with an ultimatum which demands that Germany be allowed to occupy Belgium in anticipation of a…
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Noam Chomsky – In Anime
06 Dec 2013You don’t have to read a lot of Noam Chomsky to get an idea of the muscle of his mind. …
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Properties of Light — A Novel of Science and Sorrow
27 Sep 2013Being intrigued by the mysteries of physics, especially the exotic regions of quantum mechanics, does not mean understanding an iota…
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Gas Attacks
07 Sep 2013Reposting this first of all anti-war poems to make an impact on me as a young man, as news of…
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Ordinary Men
31 Jul 2013Ordinary Men The police battalion in Poland was ordered (with an option to refuse) To round up the Jews. One…
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Down A River with 16 Paddles
17 Apr 2013I’ll be in an untethered state until June 10 floating, and sometimes cataracting, down the Colorado River through the Grand…
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Saigon: Surprise and Sorrow
04 Mar 2013Saigon is a surprise and still a sorrow. 38 years after the American war ended it shows barely a sign…
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The Gods of Ignorance
01 Mar 2013Even in Vientiane, Laos where I am now it is possible to tie into the Internet and see what is…
