Purple, and variations thereof - mauve, indigo, violet, magenta, crimson and claret - are ubiquitous nowadays. But it was not always so.
Daniel Cooper, as acting President of the University of London Union (ULU), has brought shame on himself and the 120 000 students he is supposed to represent by refusing to place a wreath on their behalf at a remembrance service in London last Sunday.
I'm sure many soldiers had opposition to the arguments politicians were making when they were being shot to pieces in horrible battlefields. But that's not what Remembrance Day is about; it's a neutral showing of respect for those who have died in conflicts, whether or not the conflicts themselves were agreed with.
Rather than wearing a poppy, if we really want to remember the dead, then why don't we stop engaging in new wars? Why don't we stop occupying other countries? Why don't we stop bombing and killing children?
I have more than an academic interest in the upcoming centenary commemoration of the outbreak of World War One in 2015.
Suit design has been on a varied and exciting journey over the past 350 years, but its conception can be attributed to one man, Charles I.
David Cameron has promised a "truly national commemoration" to mark the centenary of the First World War. The Prime Minister said there would be £...
War Horse author Michael Morpurgo says Britain has failed to learn many lessons from history. The author and former Children's Laureate, 69, saw hi...
"We all have multiple identities," says Tony Parsons when I ask him whether he feels more of an Englishman or a Londoner, "but I certainly feel like I'm both. But I also feel British.
"It was like saying good-by to a statue. After a while I went out and left the hospital and walked back to the hotel in the rain." It’s with thos...
As the US celebrates Memorial Day , a day of remembrance for those who lost their lives in service for the nation, let’s not forget the brave animal...
The postcard Hitler sent whilst injured during World War One Adolf Hitler was surprisingly keen to return to the front line after being injured...
Publishing publicists are keen for authors to have as high a public profile as possible (as are plenty of authors themselves.) As this New York Times article demonstrates beautifully, this cult of self promotion isn't exactly a new phenomenon. But what about the drawbacks of this style-over-substance approach when it comes to reading the books themselves.
Private Tickle was "one of the very best", according to a hand-written note on an old photograph by the mother of a young man killed during the Battle...
Britons at home are to join those serving in Afghanistan in falling silent to remember the nation's war dead. The two-minute silence at 11am will b...
When Harry Patch, the last British veteran of the First World War, died in 2009 at the age of 111, it seemed for some as if our final physical connect...
