Jane, is there a quote from your poem 'Poppies' that you'd like to talk about? JANE: "I traced the inscriptions on the war memorial, leaned against it like a wishbone." I think that's a way of ...

Jane, is there a quote from your poem 'Poppies' that you'd like to talk about? JANE: "I traced the inscriptions on the war memorial, leaned against it like a wishbone." I think that's a way of ...

It cites the poppies growing on the graves of fallen first world war comrades in Belgium and northeastern France. Given the scale of the casualties, people “felt an overwhelming desire to ...

He left a widow and four children including young Fred, then aged just six. Fred hated war as much as anybody but his red poppy was the only memorial to his dad he ever had. No wonder he wore it with ...

A display of ceramic poppies will again go on show at the Tower of London, to "reflect on the lasting legacy of conflict" and mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two. More than five ...

An appeal to knit poppies to mark the centenary of Kirkcaldy’s war memorial has produced a huge response - and the incredible work will be unveiled next month.