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Cecil Beaton self-portrait with his Rolleiflex camera, reflected in a mirror at the Jain temple in Calcutta, India, during the Second World War.

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Cecil Beaton - Far East

Photo: Cecil Beaton self-portrait with his Rolleiflex camera, reflected in a mirror at the Jain temple in Calcutta, India, during the Second World War. Public domain, Imperial War Museum (IB 2357).

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29 Dec, 2020

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War in the Pacific

War Memoirs

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today James is reading extracts from Cecil Beaton's war diaries.

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Historian, writer, and podcaster, specialises in World War II and hosts "We Have Ways" podcast.

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