I wept. During the previous fifteen minutes the video camera had shown us around the neighbourhood of rubble and damaged buildings on Bana’s block. About twenty different HQs of militant groups had been identified in that small space. Interviews with residents, ordinary decent men who had been through a lot, answered questions about what it […]
Because this post generated some misunderstanding I have replaced it with a revised version. I leave here readers’ comments to the original post.
The OPCW has analysed samples from Khan Sheikhoun in April containing what they have identified as ‘sarin or a sarin-like substance’. They know that much, even if they are not sure how it got there or who is responsible. But how much actually is that? Throughout the OPCW report we find the cumbersome expression sarin […]
When we watch a documentary film I imagine most of us suppose it to be portraying factual information, not fiction. That, after all, is what would differentiate a documentary from other genres like drama or entertainment. With this assumption in mind I have often wondered how broadcasters, filmmakers, festivals and prizegivers could be screening and […]
