Maybe I can prevent further misunderstandings by explaining. First, my comment about "snobbery" was directed, not at this opera, but at a previous poster. I don't think this opera is snobbish. in fact, I really enjoy Nixon in China, along with other music by John Adams, which IMO deserves a wi...
@spuddy83 There were no "recruits hired from the British prison system." That's a myth. If you go to the National Archives of the UK, you can see sample attestation papers filled out by Black and Tan recruits, along with the police reports and Army characters that the recruiting officer obtaine...
17 people were killed by the barrage.