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For lust of knowing what should not be known
There are few pictures of Clare Holtham. This is partly because she was always diffident about having her picture taken, and partly because she was for many years estranged from her family. As a keen...
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Welcome to Bastion: warzone ethnography with the combat surgeons
During his first seven days in Afghanistan, Dr Mark de Rond saw 174 casualties brought into Camp Bastion’s military hospital. Six were already dead. On the living, surgeons operated for 134 hours and...
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Earthquake rocks Afghanistan and Pakistan – an area prone to magnitude 7 quakes
A devastating earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region of north-east Afghanistan just after lunchtime on October 26, rocking communities as far away as Tajikistan, Pakistan and even India. A devastating...
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Opinion: Confronting the Taliban – an educational encounter
In a country that has five million children out of school (three million of them girls) it may seem incongruous to prioritise higher education. But prestigious higher education institutions, such as...
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Stolen World War Two letters help author uncover the hidden lives of army wives
Army Wives by Midge Gillies, Academic Director for Creative Writing at the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), uses first-hand accounts, diaries and letters to piece together some of the...
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The doctor using smartphones to save lives in war zones
Shorthand Story: MDQoRkz8JqShorthand Story Head: This Cambridge Life The doctor using smartphones to save lives in war zones Shorthand Story Body: This Cambridge LifeThe doctor using smartphones to...
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