Memorial

From the Bayeux Tapestry to D-Day, an essay on the complicated interplay of war and memory.

Author: Alison Kinney
Source: Berfrois
Published: May 27, 2015
Length: 15 minutes (3,857 words)

The Father I Did Not Know

Interspersed with memories of his childhood in Africa, Bart Moore-Gilbert searches for information about his deceased father’s secretive past as a police officer in colonial India. This essay is excerpted from The Setting Sun: A Memoir of Empire and Family Secrets.

Author: Bart Moore-Gilbert
Source: Berfrois
Published: Sep 29, 2014
Length: 21 minutes (5,460 words)