Carey Mulligan on Syria, playwright James Graham on the Troubles \u2026 the Imperial War Museums\u2019 new podcast brings celebrities and experts together to understand recent armed struggles<\/p>
Comedian and author Deborah Frances-White is sitting at a table, in the shadow of a Spitfire which soars above her head. She is being interrogated on everything she knows about one of the most violent conflicts in recent decades. What comes to mind when she thinks of the Yugoslav wars? \u201cI think of words like Milo\u0161evi\u0107, Serbo-Croatia, Bosnia \u2026 I think there\u2019s a star on the flag?\u201d she flounders. \u201cI remember there was a Time magazine cover with a man at the end of the war.\u201d<\/p>
Frances-White<\/a> is in the hot seat because she is a guest on Conflict of Interest<\/a>, a new podcast from the Imperial War Museums (IWM) \u2013 the Spitfire above her head is hung from the ceiling of its London museum\u2019s atrium, and her interrogator is Carl Warner, the IWM\u2019s head of narrative and curatorial.<\/p> I think about all the things I don't know, all the time, and I feel very ashamed<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n