Reporting from war zones

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🗓️ 27 October 2016

⏱️ 55 minutes

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John Simpson, the BBC’s World Affairs Editor, reflects on his 50 years of reporting from conflicts all over the globe. Plus, he considers how life for the foreign correspondent has changed throughout history Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.2	Oh, gallant lads gave a cheer and charged over the parapet.
0:50.2	We don't report like that anymore.
0:53.0	And they didn't actually report like that in the Second World War.
0:56.3	That was much more sort of First World War reporting.
1:00.0	That was John Simpson, talking to us about his new book,
1:02.0	We Chose to speak of War and Strife. We chose to speak of War and Strife. You're listening to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine,
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1:39.7	Hello and welcome to our fourth podcast of October 2016. I'm Rob Atar, the editor of BBC History magazine.
1:48.5	Our interview this week is with John Simpson, the BBC's World Affairs Editor,
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