Verdun: hell and patriotism

The story of one of the largest first World War battles on the Western Front is being seen in a wider context


Reclaiming the war: Army of ghosts

War writing at heart is about the ambivalence of loyalty to class, nation, and friends, and of belief and the business of being human, and more recent Irish writing on the Great War, in reopening a closed chapter in our history, is no different in exploring all those ambiguities



Bringing Birdsong to the stage

Adapting Sebastian Faulks’s novel for the stage proved a challenge but it is well-timed for the centenary of the first World War


Brought to Book: Ben Kane on his writing life

My books are born from my obsession with Roman history. I’ve followed Spartacus’ trail across Italy. I’ve stood at Cannae and imagined Hannibal’s army meeting the massed legions of Rome




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