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Poppies and remembrance

Ninety years after the signing of the Armistice, on 11th November 1918, we republish an article by CS member James Turley which examines what Poppy Day means today: National fetishes It is that time of year when almost every public figure wears a plastic poppy, to commemorate the casualties of war. James Turley inquires into the roots and ...