Basra

January 27, 2012

Screening: The Somnambulists

A film that includes 15 testimonies from British servicemen and women involved in the Iraq conflict that challenges public apathy towards war.


August 25, 2011

Iraq: British troops were looking for an enemy that did not exist

If you want to take part in further discussion about the impact of the War on Terror on our world today and how it might shape our future, come along to our FIRST WEDNESDAY SPECIAL: Changing world – conflict, culture and terrorism in the 21st century on Wednesday, 7 September. Some of the violence that […]


September 21, 2007

Leaving the Palace

The soldiers lead a semi-nocturnal existence between guard shifts and operations. Reveille is usually a salvo of incoming mortar fire. Almost every man smokes and few could tell me what day it is, let alone the date. They have already suffered the worst casualty rate of any British unit in Iraq, and yet are not […]