Restrepo: A Different Take on War

I went to see Restrepo last week. It’s the doc that Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger made about the war in Afghanistan. The one that cleaned up at The Sundance Film Festival. The trailer has been given the Hollywood treatment and is a bit misleading. Restrepo does not try to be a political film. It […]
The Afghan War

This week I attended the BBC’s News Festival. Its an annual event where organisation’s staff get to hear leading figures inside and outside the organisation debate the issues dominating the headlines and the challenges facing the media. I was looking forward to listening to Helen Boaden, the head of BBC news. Her session proved a […]