Have I Got Good News For You
Robert Tanitch reviews The Wipers Times at Arts Theatre, London WC2 There have been so many plays, films, novels and poems about World War 1. But Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye, and Nick Newman, po ...
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Death takes a much-needed holiday
Robert Tanitch reviews Death Takes A Holiday at Charing Cross Theatre, London WC2 Alberto Casella wrote Death Takes A Holiday in 1924. The total number of military and civilian deaths in World War 1 w ...
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
Robert Tanitch reviews The Greater Game at Southwark Playhouse, London SE1 Stephen Jenkins found a new angle on World War 1. His book, They Took The Lead, tells how the East London football club, Leyt ...
Tribute to the fallen of the Somme beamed onto the White Cliffs
British history was beamed onto the White Cliffs of Dover today to mark the 100 year anniversary of the Battle of the Somme and the launch of a new initiative to support Armed Forces’ veterans. The ev ...