When the old war-horse died in 1878, he was stuffed (or "mounted" as taxidermists insist) and presented to the military museum on Governor's Island in New York Harbor. Ten years later, Sheridan ...

Well, who'd have thought it? The old war-horse turns out to be a thoroughbread; the circus was total theatre in disguise. Students of Cinema can stop combing the archives for neglected master-pieces.

13-year-old Albert Narracott. Episode 2: A cavalry horse. audioEpisode 2: A cavalry horse The farm is in financial difficulty but the outbreak of war gives Mr Narracott the chance to make some ...

War Horse is powerful, poignant and visually stunning ... Albert, though still not old enough to enlist, leaves his parents’ Devon farm to embark on a perilous mission to find him and bring ...