Every year on 11 November people now stop to think about the war. Poppies grew on the barren fields of World War One and are used to remember soldiers who died in battle. Paper poppies are still ...

Sir, - My father was wounded in the battle of the Somme in the first World War. He joined the British ... If the truth can be faced, the poppy, like the late Eamonn de Valera, is a reminder ...