WAR AND REMEMBRANCE. FAMINE WAR AND DEATH. NOW, IN OUR TIME
“ The poor are always with you.” Thus sayeth the Good Book, and it as true now as ever it was in Biblical and mediaeval times. Indeed, for simple demographic reasons, there are infinitely more of these pitiful wretches than ever before, and with our sophisticated modern media, we are more aware of their plight than at any time in history. But, to our shame we are not. That is to say that we are bombarded by so many sound bites, and images flickering in a shadow show upon our TV screens, that the... Sign in to see full entry.