ON THE TOWN This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War, the conflict that gave us the modern world - Communist Russia, the post-Ottoman Middle East, Europes loss of civilizational confidence. The catalyst for war was the assassination of the Archduke Franz-Ferdinand, which Mark noted here a month ago. In the weeks ahead, well be looking at some of World War Ones cultural legacy, for good or ill. As a curtain-raiser, heres an encore presentation of a SteynOnline audio special, celebrating the British Tommies favourite ballad of the war years, If You Were The Only Girl In The World, and its composer Nat D Ayer.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 23:43:37 +0000
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