Mons
The nearest we’ll ever get to experiencing the horrors of 1914
Robert Cowley’s agonising account of the bloody struggle for Ypres and the stalemate on the Western Front transports us to the very heart of the action
Christ of the coal mines
William Cook reports from the sooty netherworld that made an artist of Vincent Van Gogh
Cultural capital
Could splashing public money on city of culture initiatives make good business sense? William Cook reports
Donkeys led by donkeys
David Crane is taken aback by the particular contempt Max Hastings appears to reserve for the British at the outbreak of the first world war
