Tag: First World War

The Waler: Australia’s Great War Horse

by Derelict Space Sheep on August 6, 2024 in 42 Word Reviews • 0 Comments

The Waler: Australia’s Great War Horse

by Russell Vines & Barry Strickland; dir. Russell Vines (ABC, 2015)

documentary narrated / audiobook read by William McInnes (Bolinda, 2015)

A short, solemn documentary about the Australian Light Horsemen who served at Gallipoli (sans horses) and then in the Middle East during the First World War. The Waler horses suffered but endured, underpinning a victorious campaign… only to be shamefully cast aside.

Tolkien and the Great War

by Derelict Space Sheep on November 29, 2020 in 42 Word Reviews • 0 Comments

Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth

by John Garth (HarperCollins, 2003)

Garth’s knowledge of Tolkien’s writings leads at times to an overwhelming focus on the minutiae of his invented languages and mythology. The strictly biographical aspects are more accessible, giving a good sense of (educated) life pre- and during the First World War.