In 2015 there are few reasons to stop at the French village of Neuve Chapelle. Visitors who do make it this far are usually looking for one thing – the war memorial that stands at the edge of town. Such memorials are not uncommon in this part of the world. They dot the landscape from…
Keen eyed readers of this part of the DCMS blog may recall that, this time last year, I marked International Women’s Day with a blog about how women’s lives were changed by their role in the First World War. The emphasis I chose 12 months ago was to look at women’s overall position in society…
There’s a great scene in Oliver Stone’s 1987 film, Wall Street, where Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas is giving a pep talk to his protégé, Bud Fox, as the former watches the sun rise over Manhattan from the beach at his Long Island home. It’s a great scene, where the imagery of power and…
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