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  • 12 Nov 2011
    Not just waving poppies, but drowning thought

    When politicians rush to claim that something is 'non-political' (as has been happening around Remembrance Day over the past week or so), you know that some healthy suspicion and careful examination is due.

  • 11 Nov 2011
    Methodist youth to hold services of Remembrance on Twitter

    Young Methodists are holding two services of Remembrance on Twitter on Sunday, raising awareness of groups working for peace and supporting war veterans and victims.

  • 11 Nov 2011
    Non-religious still excluded from Cenotaph in London

    A request from the British Humanist Association for Armed Forces Humanists to be included at the Cenotaph in London has again been refused.

  • 8 Nov 2011
    Telling the truth on Remembrance Sunday

    As we approach Remembrance Sunday, many people may feel quite ambivalent about the increasingly numerous and elaborate ceremonies and media coverage, but be very uncomfortable about voicing their doubts.

  • 15 Nov 2010
    White Poppy wreath bearers brave abuse in Ottawa

    An anti-war group in Ottawa, Canada, has shrugged off abuse and criticism after laying two White Poppy wreaths at the National War Memorial.

  • 12 Nov 2010
    Royal Navy's oldest former member is now a pacifist

    The oldest former member of the UK's navy has been described as a “pacifist” by his family. Claude Choules, 109, has refused to mark Armistice Day this week.

  • 12 Nov 2010
    Government that forgets Remembrance

    It is grimly ironic, says Savi Hensman, that on Armistice Day UK news headlines included the announcement of a new benefits system which punishes the ‘workshy’ and a report showing inadequate care for many elderly NHS patients undergoing surgery.

  • 9 Nov 2010
    Remember the dead by renouncing war, say British pacifists

    The Peace Pledge Union (PPU) has urged people in Britain to honour the dead on Remembrance Day by renouncing warfare.

  • 9 Nov 2010
    Truth, lies and the pain of Remembrance

    What must we do to understand the meaning of remembrance, to remember human suffering, and to grasp the human dignity lying so far beyond the ritual words at this time of year?, asks Jill Segger. Only painful truth-telling is adequate to the task, she says.

  • 28 Oct 2010
    'Poppy-dissenter' hunting season begins again

    It was with a rather heavy heart that I got my first media call today about the annual "red poppy" dust-up - which usually revolves around attacks from the Daily Mail and its kindred spirits on broadcasters, public figures and politicians who don't wear the British Legion Appeal symbol or who raise questions about what the practice means.