Why sanctions and blockades can backfire catastrophically
The implications could be troubling, as Mulder shows. One idealistic young official of the League blithely wrote: “It is the starvation of the general population and in…
War, epidemics and society in collapse – why 1922 looks curiously familiar
It was also, perhaps most importantly of all, the birth of radio. The BBC and Radio Moscow made their first broadcasts in 1922 and 500 radio stations…
In Ralph Vaughan Williams’s 150th year, it’s time to put aside our silly prejudices about him
And that brings us to the point about Vaughan Williams: he was an innovator, an experimenter, a man who absorbed the currents of what was going on…
First World War soldier’s ‘treasure trove’ brings conflict’s horrors to life
The remarkable collection will feature as part of the Channel 5 documentary series Secrets of the Imperial War Museum, to be aired on Dec 17. Alan Wakefield,…