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One Picture, A Thousand Words
Charles Glass & Don McCullin
Charles Glass
Charles Glass has been a regular visitor to Syria since 1973. His books on the Middle East include Tribes with Flags: A Journey Curtailed, The Northern Front and Syria Burning. He was ABC News chief Middle East correspondent from 1983 to 1993.
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Don McCullin is a British photojournalist, particularly recognised for his war photography in Cyprus, Egypt, Syria and Vietnam. He was the first photographer to be awarded a CBE.
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Palmyra
Charles Glass & Don McCullin
‘ISIS’s second conquest of Palmyra astonished everyone, and fed the belief in a Syrian government conspiracy to assist ISIS.’
Over There
Various Contributors
Americans, speaking of foreign lands, often say, 'It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.'
The Bank Manager
Charles Glass
‘In the south of France, at the edge of a cove that cannot be reached by road, lives an old woman from England.’
In Conversation
Juliet Jacques & Iphgenia Baal
‘I think people who ape the sentiments of others often go on to believe the thing they said. It becomes their opinion.’
Juliet Jacques and Iphgenia Baal discuss early digital cultures, precarity and social architecture.
Pose
Ana Kinsella
‘The first time I was painted by Hannah Meehan, she spent some time arranging me into a pose that would work for her.’
A short story by Ana Kinsella.