{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6846a0a6a13d3373734aa05d/689c99d6290bdec8f9be697c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Not So Great War and Does Counselling Really Work?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6846a0a6a13d3373734aa05d/1776861244310-f7b85655-f575-43e5-8ef8-b9c0ba86b540.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Peter would like to know why Britain slept walk in to the First World War and what our country might look like if we’d never stumbled into that national tragedy.</p><p><br></p><p>Elsewhere, Sarah and Peter pore over our bag of electronic mail and ruminate on everything from the benefits of counselling (Sarah is for it, Peter less so), how to write a novel – not that either have – the power of Billy Wilder’s The Apartment and how Peter never actually ran with a motorcycle gang and why he’ll never wear a leather jacket again. The world couldn’t bear the fall out.</p><p><br></p><p>On our reading and watch list this week:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Germany's Aims in the First World War&nbsp;– Fritz Fischer</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guns Of August -&nbsp;Barbara W. Tuchman</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Covenant With Death – John Harris</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Great Silence: Britain from the Shadow of the First World War to the Dawn of the Jazz Age -&nbsp;Juliet Nicolson</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bodyline – TV Series</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Army Of Shadows – Dir:&nbsp;Jean-Pierre Melville</p><p><br></p><p>Please do get in touch, email:&nbsp;alas@mailonline.co.uk, you can leave a comment on Spotify or even send us a voice note on Whatsapp – on 07796 657512, start your message with the word ‘alas’.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Presenters: Sarah Vine &amp; Peter Hitchens</p><p>Producer: Philip Wilding</p><p>Editor: Chelsey Moore</p><p>Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini</p><p>Executive Producer: Jamie East</p><p><br></p><p>A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Daily Mail"}