A BARROW author has released a novel inspired by hope, humanity, and the 1914 Christmas Truce. Chris Waddington’s latest book, Christmas in Flanders Fields, tells the story of young soldier Jack ...
“In Flanders fields the poppies blow/ Between the crosses, row on row" These words, penned by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian who served as a brigade surgeon for an Allied artillery unit on ...
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short ...
A historian has explained the significance of the poppy ahead of Remembrance Day. John Lowe, a historian, has explored the tradition's origins in the context of the First World War.
Join Malvern Male Voice Choir’s Magic Dawn and Sunset Bright on November 9 for an Armistice event of choral music, poetry, ...
THE GRAY-HAIRED FELLOW WAS ONCE a high school second baseman with a determined spirit but weak bat. He later missed Vietnam only because a fortunate opening put him in a Naval Reserve unit. Friday ...
A BARROW author has released a novel inspired by hope, humanity, and the 1914 Christmas Truce. Chris Waddington’s latest book ...