In our latest issue, we trace the complex history of the Spanish Civil War, and examine the bloodiest engagement of the conflict…
This book is beautifully written, brilliantly structured, immensely moving, and deeply disturbing. It cannot be recommended strongly enough – especially for those…
The author of Nineteen Eighty-Four – whose real name was Eric Blair – and his wife Eileen were put under observation by…
Seema Syeda appreciates the charm and chutzpah of indefatigable war correspondent Martha Gellhorn. Having crossed the Atlantic to cover her first conflict,…
The life of a journalist who was never far from the front-line: George Orwell. His writing sought to rationalise and navigate the…
This massive foreign involvement lends credibility to the claim of Manuel Chaves Nogales, a leading Spanish journalit in Madrid during the siege,…