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Podcast: Arts & Ideas
Episode: The Imperial War Museum Remembrance Discussion 2021
Description: Cold, civil, world, uprising, conflict, war on terror: Anne McElvoy and her guests Elif Shafak, Christina Lamb, Lincoln Jopp and Hilary Roberts explore the impact of the words we use to describe conflict. The Imperial War Museum has just revamped its "Second World War" galleries with changed dates and a wider focus and Cold War history is being rewritten in the light of current politics. So this year's Remembrance discussion asks how does language affect attitudes to war?Elif Shafak's latest novel The Island of Missing Trees explores the division of Cyprus.
Journalist Christina Lamb's books include...