14 November 2014: 1914, 1916, 1989, etc: a round-up of the week, 7 Nov-14 Nov

In 1928 the Irish Times, when reporting the commemoration of the end of the First World War on 11 November, Armistice Day, observed that 'already a new generation has arisen to which the war is little more then a legend'. That can hardly be said of the 'Great War' in the centenary year of its ... Read more

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