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  • 11 Nov 2012
    Remembrance: penitence or pageantry?

    “All war represents a failure of diplomacy.” Tony Benn's words are no less true for being so widely and frequently repeated. That the failure brings immeasurable suffering which cascades down through the generations, is beyond dispute.

  • 11 Nov 2012
    Remembrance not celebration: a service

    Our thanks to Karl Dallas for pointing us towards the excellent Liberation Radio Remembrance Day Service, and BCB broadcast of Benjamin Britten's moving and thoughtful War Requiem.

  • 10 Nov 2012
    Reimagining Remembrance
  • 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.