Weak Endnotes

Charlotte Higgins,"The Iliad and what it can still tell us about war," Guardian, 30 January, is a essay on ancient lessons about the costs of war.

Andrew Wheatcroft,"Cast Away," NYT, 29 January, reviews Matthew Carr's Blood and Faith: The Purging of Muslim Spain.

In Anna Blundy's interview with Robert Goodwin,"Rewriting America," The Browser, 2009, he recommends five books that are central to his project rewriting Spanish American history.

Philip Pullman offers"An introduction to the poetry of William Blake," Guardian, 29 January.

Annabelle Wynn,"Mollie Panter-Downes, a wartime voice to treaure," Books Blog, 21 January, calls for the rediscovery of the mid-20th century journalist and novelist.