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Bread and War

‘Stories of kindness, bravery and love shine from these pages’ Nigel Slater

‘A brave, necessary account of resilience and skill and the power of bread and connection’ Olia Hercules

How do you source, cook and take joy in food in the midst of war and loss?

Food is a weapon, a lifeline, a means of survival. Ukrainian food is also a powerful symbol of national identity and independence. This is a journey through mine-ridden, wrecked villages, repeatedly bombed cities, family kitchens and precarious small bakeries and cafes. Along the way news journalist and food writer Felicity Spector shares meals with soldiers, travels supply lines with volunteers and is fed incredible food by army cooks, fine bakers and home-cooking heroes.

The extraordinary stories of just some of those people – refugees and restaurateurs – trying to rebuild lives and kitchens after years of bombing, shows a very Ukrainian determination to provide good food for a besieged people.

The Truth of the First World War

Common wisdom has it that the German records of the First World War were mostly destroyed by Allied bombing during the Second World War. In this revelatory work, the result of 15 years of primary research, Peter Barton uncovers the letters, diaries, prisoner testimony, intercepted conversations, and myriad other intelligence reports still stored in the German national archives.

The enormous cache of unseen material is housed in archives all over Germany, parts of it covered in dust. For the astonishing fact is almost nobody has looked for them.

The discoveries force us to question what we know about the war, including the German experience. Most extraordinary are stories that can be linked directly to contrasting Allied records. Peter Barton’s painstaking researches now reveal: identified spies at the heart of the Entente leadership; intelligence coups by the German high command prior to key battles, which led to the war lasting so long; prisoner testimony, captured letters and diaries from captured Allied soldiers contradicting what they told folks back home; records of war crimes performed by Allied soldiers; and much more.

The Truth of the First World War is set to change our understanding of the First World War, arguably still the most influential event of modern history.

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