MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Drone dilemmas
The Eye in the Sky raises acute questions about the ethics of warfare, says MARIA DUARTE
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
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AS DRONE warfare becomes ever more prevalent, so do the ethical dilemmas and ambiguities it poses.
Do you kill terrorists to prevent them murdering 100 people and, in so doing, cause the “collateral” death of a nine-year-old girl? Or do you save the child and allow scores of others to die?
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