The Somme

2794 days ago

Some schools produce great sportsmen, others great scholars, my alma mater serves up the UK's top flower arranger

The latest gripping issue of The old Warwickian Magazine has arrived on my doorstep and amid the usual grainy old photos of the Warwick School boarding house back in the 1950s or photos of folks my age and older with ever expanding waistlines attending reunions all over the place, two features stand out.

2859 days ago

The Boys on the Somme did not die for democracy

As the idiot teenagers protested this weekend, on MarchforEurope, one remark made widely by new media wags was that 100 years ago 100,000 teenagers died for democracy so that today 40,000 teeangers could march against democracy. It may appear a funny quip but it just happens to be untrue.