The great Irish poet left a legacy of astonishing poems that speak to new readers with their deep wisdom and quietly devastating imagery.
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During First World War, the rhetoric of chivalry counteracted the inhumanity of the conflict in sometimes surprising ways.
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A podcast on World War I – from a meeting between the three great war poets, to what happened to conscientious objectors in both Britain and Germany.
Dead at 25, a week before World War I ended, Owen summed up the conflict’s waste and futility.
The anniversary of Armistice Day is chance to reflect on a shameful chapter in the history of journalism. Millions were killed and maimed during World War I, about a million from Britain and its empire…
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