From real to cloth to plastic and now virtual, the poppy demonstrates how material objects become imbued with profound meaning over time.
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Beyond the familiar ideas of mateship and sacrifice, Anzac Day offers an opportunity to teach young people a more complicated but meaningful version of history.
Affected poppy seeds made into a tea have led to seizures and cardiac arrests.
All eyes are on ex-forces veterans come Remembrance Day. We may see heroes – but no one asks them whether they want to fit that mould.
English and Scottish football players are set to defy a FIFA ban by marking Armistice Day on the pitch.
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