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I’ve spent the past few years writing about the 1940 Katyń Massacre of 22,000 Polish prisoners of war by Stalin’s NKVD and the decades-long cover-up of their crime . . .
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Artists’ Residency in France
I’ve recently returned from a 10-day residency at Sainte Valière in France and would highly recommend it. Sainte Valière is a unique proposition as a residency, providing visiting artists with the luxury of solitude to work . . .
Surviving Katyń longlisted for RSL Ondaatje Prize 2022
The Royal Society of Literature (RSL), the voice for the value of literature in the UK, has today unveiled the longlist for the 2022 RSL Ondaatje Prize.
Mark Lynton History Prize 2022
Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University are pleased to announce the 2022 shortlist for the Mark Lynton History Prize.
Gerda Taro – Capturing The Spanish Civil War
Starting off as a novice photographer with strong political motivations, Gerda Taro became well known during the Spanish Civil War, only to sadly become the first woman photojournalist to have died covering the frontline of a war, aged 26.
The Katyń Massacre: Jane Rogoyska (1940)
“If you could travel back in time, what year would you like to visit?” Jane Rogoyska interviewed by Peter Moore on the Travels Through Time podcast.