Prison Diary, Argentina 13th February 2020
A British journalist recounts his experiences in an Argentinian jail during the Falklands War on suspicion of spying
Blogs in February 2020
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 11th February 2020
Simon Winchester’s brilliant chronicle of the destruction of the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883 charts the birth of our modern world. He tells the story of the unrecognized genius who beat Darwin to the discovery of evolution; of...
The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans 17th January 2020
Terrible things have been going on in the Balkans for centuries, and they are likely to go on for centuries more to come. It is an area of great contrasts — geographically beautiful, yet the underlying crust of the...
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