This is not related to the Boer War specifically, but I was excessively amused when the BBC's last Sherlock Holmes series (set in the modern era) proved faithfu

This is not related to the Boer War specifically, but I was excessively amused when the BBC's last Sherlock Holmes series (set in the modern era) proved faithful to the original by opening with Dr. Watson's return home from the war in Afghanistan. Geopolitics. Go figure.