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Review: Dunkirk

After diving into dreams and exploring far off galaxies, Christopher Nolan returns to Earth with an adrenaline-fuelled World War II thriller

Review: Black Mirror, Men Against Fire

A chilling look into the future of warfare in the third season of Black Mirror

The Russians are not the enemy

With doses of Cold War nostaliga, modern day Russia is wrongly used as a ‘neccasary enemy’ for politicians

A life lecture from British “super-surgeon” Dr. David Nott

David Nott, an NHS consultant surgeon and voluntary humanitarian aid worker, delivered a life lecture to the Manchester medical faculty this week

We must not repeat our mistakes in Syria

IS are arguably a result of our previous interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan—the conflict in Syria shows how hard it is to cease such ideology

The conduct of the Syria debate belies its importance

The way the politicians and the media have conducted themselves inappropriately in relation to Syria means we have failed the matter at hand

Did Britain botch its defence budget?

With the upcoming release of the Strategic Defence and Security Review, Adam Merrill analyses whether or not we really do support our troops

One death is a tragedy, 173 deaths is a statistic

The glorification of violence and killing on the battle field is as abhorrent and disgraceful as celebrating it anywhere else

Remembering and respecting our heroes on Remembrance Day

Lauren Wills reminds us why we should always give thanks for the sacrifices made by those before us, and why we should never forget that which was given so we could live as we do today

Interview: BBC reporter Jon Sopel

Haider Saleem catches up with BBC World Service journalist Jon Sopel on the difficulties of covering war zones

WWI novels: A retrospective

To mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War, Books Editor Esmé Clifford Astbury encourages readers to tuck into one of these novels

Interview: David Rieff

American author, polemicist and war reporter David Rieff tells Sam Dumitriu why he is a humanitarian fundamentalist

Should we still wear the poppy?

In the week of remembrance Shanda Moorghen and Nathan Khadaroo debate whether we should still wear the poppy…

Women for Women International

Women for Women International partners women of war with individuals across the globe to teach them skills, rights and health education

Review: ‘My Boy Jack’ – MIFTAs

Andrew Georgeson reviews the MIFTAs performance of ‘My Boy Jack’

Darren Bent promotes Medal of Honor: Warfighter with Football Awareness Test

England striker stars in game ad

Capturing the aftermath: Sean Sutton talks to The Mancunion

“I want my images to show them not as victims, but survivors.”

Combat Fatigue

Features Editor Nick Renaud-Komiya explores how aware and engaged we still are about British involvement in international wars.