Book of the Month: War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan

Our Book of the Month for August is War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan by the award-winning journalist and former BBC foreign correspondent Andrew North. 

In early 2022, Andrew North was kidnapped by the Taliban. By the time he found himself imprisoned in a jail cell, he had been reporting from Afghanistan for two decades, coming to know hundreds of Afghans along the way. This book brings together both his and their stories. 

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The Politics of Geography – Tim Marshall, Nick Middleton and Anna Reid with Julia Wheeler

Tim Marshall, Nick Middleton and Anna Reid speak to Julia Wheeler about the role that maps play in our sense of national identity, the historical significance of state boundaries, and whether there really is such a thing as a country anyway.

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