PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
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A deeply flawed account of imperialism by proxy
The Iran-Iraq War: A Military and Strategic History, by Williamson Murray and Kevin Woods (Cambridge University Press, £19.99)
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
Next year sees the 35th anniversary of the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War, when the armies of the Iraqi Ba’athist dictatorship invaded Iran hoping for a quick and easy victory over the regime of the ayatollahs.
It didn’t happen. Eight years of barbaric conflict left the economies and infrastructure of both countries in ruins and an estimated 3 million soldiers and civilians dead and injured — nearly 5 per cent of the population.
But, by comparison with other conflicts of the 20th century, little beyond limited specialist studies have been published and the long slaughter has earned the label “The forgotten war.”
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