Topic: War

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, guerrillas shoot towards Colombian soldiers in the mountains of Meta, Colombia, April 4, 2011. Photo by Carlos Villalon/Redux/eyevine

An empty passion for war

Colombia's FARC guerrillas still resist the coming peace. Is it drug money or the romance of revolution that's to blame?

Tom Feiling 18 April 2013
Citizens of Leningrad dig for water from a broken main during the winter of 1942.  Photo by AP

This is humankind

If my grandfather could survive the Siege of Leningrad and still distinguish between a German and a Nazi, so can I

Polina Aronson 04 April 2013
Jewish and Christian children playing at Le Chambon-sur-Lignon during the Second World War. Local people rescued thousands of Jews during the war Photo courtesy the Chambon Foundation

What is peace?

Forget ideals of milk and honey. Peace is found in the grit of everyday life, in a town that takes in troubled strangers

Margaret Paxson 06 December 2012
US Marines on patrol in Marja, Helmand Province. March 2010

A return to seriousness

Back from Afghanistan, a former Marine bears witness to the estrangement of the home front

Lyle Jeremy Rubin 17 September 2012