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EAST WEST STREET/PHILIPPE SANDS

EAST WEST STREET is a portrait of two eminent jurists and an investigation into the antecedents of international human rights lawyer Phillippe Sands. The common denominator is Lviv, a city sometimes in Poland but now in Ukraine as the two lawyers, Hirsch Lauterpacht and Raphael Lemkin both lived in [...]

January 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Abel Gance’s NAPOLEON

Abel Gance’s epic 1927 movie Napoleon is one of the most famous, important and influential movies of all time. Way back in the 1980s I went to see a ‘live’ performance of a restored version of it (with original new accompanying music by Carl Davis) staged in London by Thames [...]

November 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

Remembering WW1

Yesterday I was privileged to be invited to an august institution for special screening of a new documentary film commemorating the connection between a particular sport and its contribution to the First World War. Its intentions were noble – to commemorate those players who had died or been [...]

November 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

What goes around comes around

Although one can perhaps empathise with the sentiment, the famous “History is bunk” saying of legendary car manufacturer (the original) Henry Ford does not actually provide a complete answer. He was making the point that the greatest (most important) impetus in making progress is the [...]

July 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

World at War: the history lesson

At schools a history essay often set is whether history repeats itself. I always considered no, as we might learn from our mistakes, but now I’m not that sure. I have been revisiting the series World  at War. Made in 1973, produced by Jeremy Isaacs and narrated by Laurence Oliivier, it was [...]

July 12, 2016 // 0 Comments

Not raining, but pouring

We like to keep a varied window on the modern world at this esteemed organ but today, despite the UK’s recent political scene rather dominating recent posts, I make no apology for returning again to the topic. Hopefully, when readers buy their value-for-money Christmas stocking filler copy of [...]

July 12, 2016 // 0 Comments

War in Val d’Orcia/Iris Origo

A contemporary chronicle or journal is of considerable historical value as a primary source but has its disadvantages too in terms of authenticity and good writing. Iris Origo, an English born aristocratic wife of a landowner in Tuscany, has written an account of her times (1943-44) which were [...]

July 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

What comes around

We are shortly approaching the fortieth anniversary (on 4th July) of one of the moments in history that seems to have gained iconic status amongst Rusters. Operation Entebbe, or Operation Thunderbolt to mention its military version – or indeed Raid On Entebbe, to name the 1977 television film [...]

June 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

A watershed moment

Thursday 23rd June 2016 – somewhere in south-west London. There, I’ve done it! After forty-eight years of being eligible to vote in the British electoral system without ever having voting for anybody or anything, this morning I nipped along to my local bowls and sporting club, queued up and [...]

June 23, 2016 // 0 Comments

A memorable evening before the mast

Last night I was a guest at a charity auction banquet to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland held at the Mansion House in the City of London on behalf of the White Ensign Association and The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity. The dress code was given as ‘Black Tie (with [...]

June 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

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