A UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO WHAT IT TOOK TO FLY BRITAIN’S MOST ICONIC FIGHTER

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Conflict photography has been manipulated in a range of ways since the medium began, as Hilary Roberts reveals in her new book. She talks to David Clark

Leading historians share the texts that have inspired and informed their work