{"id":1527,"date":"2009-04-30T06:57:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T06:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2009-04-30T06:57:19","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T06:57:19","slug":"peter-beaumont-at-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/peter-beaumont-at-host\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Beaumont at HOST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Peter Beaumont&#8217;s The Secret Life of War goes beyond classic reportage: it is a deeply personal and defining vision of the inner, secret nature of modern war.<\/p>\n<p> Peter Beaumont is the award-winning Foreign Affairs Editor of the Observer. He joined the paper in 1989 and has covered numerous conflicts and crises including the wars in Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Afghanistan, Burundi, Liberia, Sudan, Angola, Kosovo, Macedonia and Bosnia. 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Please email rsvp@hostgallery.co.uk to reserve your place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=850:peter-beaumont-at-host&amp;catid=72&amp;Itemid=179\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foto8.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/pb_book.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Beaumont\" title=\"Peter Beaumont\" style=\"width: 150px; height: 229px; float: left;\" class=\"review_photo\" height=\"229\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a> Peter Beaumont talk at HOST Gallery, Thursday 7 May<\/p>\n<p> Peter Beaumont, Foreign Affairs Editor of the Observer speaks about his soon-to-be published book, The Secret Life of War. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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