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Why warriors should welcome laws of war
Is the age of American air superiority coming to an end?
Glad to Exist
This week, Simone Gubler ponders the contents of a dog's mind; and Tristram Fane Saunders praises the poet Wendy Cope's strengths and subtleties.
'The Happiness of Dogs: Why the Unexamined Life is Most Worth Living', by Mark Rowlands
'Collared: How We Made the Modern Dog', by Chris Pearson
'Collected Poems', by Wendy Cope
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The Great Political Films: Jeanne Dielman
Today’s great political film is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975), voted the greatest film of all time in the 2022 Sight and Sound poll. A classic of feminist cinema it is also a film about the meaning of time and the illusions of choice. How can a movie which shows a woman peeling potatoes in real time have you on the edge of your seat? If the personal is the political, what do three days in the life of a Belgian housewife tell us about the true nature of power?
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Next time in our regular slot: Kagemusha (1980)
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Sex, Death, Etc

"A Woman I Once Knew" by Rosalind Fox Solomon
“Sex. Death. Transcendence” by Linda Troeller
"The Use of Photography" by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie
"Suzanne and Louise" by Hervé Guibert
"My Mother, My Son" by Mary Frey
"I Imagined it Empty" by Ruth Lauer Manenti