Guardian, London

Cost of war

A front-page photo shows a flame burning in Westminster Abbey by the grave of the Unknown Warrior Monday at one of many services to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. On Monday, Britain honored the generation whose lives were blighted by a conflict that claimed, over four terrible years, some 17 million military and civilian lives. At a moving ceremony in Liege, Belgium, in the only World War I war cemetery to honor the fallen from both sides, historian Dan Snow described the impact of a war that “left no family untouched and shaped our lives and the decades to come.” Film controversy

The Tricycle Theater in North London is facing criticism after its refusal to host the United Kingdom Jewish Film Festival on the grounds it is partially funded by the Israeli Embassy. The theater’s board said that due to the sensitivity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it decided to sever ties with the festival after hosting it for the past eight years.