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  • 12 Nov 2011
    Deaths of homeless people remembered at annual service

    The names of homeless people who have died over the last year in London have been read out at an Annual Service of Commemoration.

  • 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.

  • 12 Sep 2011
    9/11 and the use of memory

    The memory of 9/11 can be used to liberate ourselves for the creation of a better future, says Jill Segger

  • 28 Nov 2010
    Suffolk Quakers remember civilian and child victims of war

    Quakers in Needham Market have remembered the civilian and child victims of war and those who have worked to relieve their suffering.

  • 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
    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
    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.