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The Riddle of Erskine Childers
PETER FROST looks back 40 years to an all-time favourite book of his
Erskine Childers, with his wife Molly, on a Baltic cruise in their yacht Asgard in 1910
Campaigners from across the continent will gather in Brussels on June 14 to oppose Europe’s accelerating militarisation and cuts to public services, write MAGGIE SIMPSON and BOB ORAM of No Cold War Britain
National co-ordinator for General Strike 100, HENRY FOWLER, continues his nationwide tour of partner organisations by visiting the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University
GEOFF BOTTOMS recalls meeting Fidel Castro in the ’90s after joining a Pastors for Peace caravan to Cuba, and reflects on how international support is still vital to help the island withstand economic warfare
The Ivors Academy’s hike in entry fees could turn this respected peer-assessed event into an exclusive preserve for those wealthy enough to compete, warns BEN LUNN
Peter Murrell’s weakness for the allure of prestige goods is symptomatic of modern consumer culture, says MATT KERR
IN THE summer of 1979, 40 years ago, I went to see a just-released film, The Riddle of the Sands. I had been waiting for the film of one of my favourite books for a very long time.
The 1903 novel by Erskine Childers, like the film, is set in the misty chain of Frisian Islands that run along the North Sea coasts of Holland, Germany and Denmark.
Over the years I have been able to explore some of those islands and what an amazing landscape they are.
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