War atrocities through a lens darkly

Lee Miller: Portraits from a Life, by Richard Cavocoressi, Thames & Hudson, €25.90.

These days, there is nothing we do not know, and know instantly.

Whether it be military brutality in Abu Ghraib, or the effect of the tsunami in Asia, someone was there with a picturephone or video camera, and Sky News covered every minute of it. It is strange, then, to think of a time when we lived in relative ignorance ...