Somme 100 Years On

**MrGongGong** · 03-07-16, 08:14

Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post

I find the current "heroes" bandwagon rather challenging.

That's a polite way of putting it
Many (and this includes people in the forces) find it deeply offensive

**mercia** · 03-07-16, 09:24

Poets of The Somme on BBC4 tonight - a repeat from BBC2 by the look of it

Exploring the experiences of the writers who served in the Battle of the Somme.

**BBMmk2** · 03-07-16, 09:34

I will be putting on two Vaughan Williams's symphonies today. His 3rd & 5th. Plus Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad

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