Mametz Hinrich von Haaren Ismith Khan brings a tender

Ismith Khan brings a tender and affecting style to stories of troubled childhoods

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a merciless charm that teases and tempts us with sensual evocations of food and place

whose translations of the work of Nerval

Mametz Hinrich von Haaren Ismith Khan brings a tenderFor five years, photographer Aled Rhys Hughes visited Mametz on the anniversary of the Battle of Mametz Wood to make images which are equally about the battle and about Wales today. His book collects colour photographs of the battlefield its topography, the military detritus still to be found there, and mementoes made by the soldiers who served there. He photographed trees surviving from the battle (some with artillery shells entwined in them), and