Editorial

Last year Faye Rice, a committee member of Alexandra Presbyterian Church, Belfast, found a box of old lantern-slides in the organ loft of the church. There are 77 slides, consisting of 137 faces of soldiers and sailors in military uniform. Alexandra is made up of the congregations of York Street and Castleton churches. York Street … Read more

Now that the centenary is upon us, isn’t it time that we stopped congratulating ourselves on rediscovering our First World War heritage? Isn’t it time to assess what that heritage actually amounts to? For all the pain, sacrifice and heroism of individual soldiers, not to mention the profound bereavement suffered by their families, the First … Read more