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armistice day

November 11, 2018

Centenary of the Armistice is a time for remembrance and for change, says Christian Aid

On the centenary of Armistice Day, Christian Aid has warned that appalling levels of violence across the globe continue to cost lives and that world leaders, including the UK’s, are too often fuelling rather than preventing conflict.
November 9, 2018

Alternative Remembrance ceremony for peace

Eleven peace groups will hold an alternative Remembrance commemoration on Armistice Day.
November 3, 2018

Young people make their remembrance about peace

The centenary of the armistice that ended World War I is a poignant moment. A national project, INSPIRE, will engage thousands of children in remembrance and in peacebuilding.
October 28, 2015

Who is the red poppy designed to remember? The answer might surprise you

Many people in the UK wear a red poppy at this time of year out of a laudable desire to honour and remember the victims of war.
September 22, 2010

On rewarding soldiers for killing

Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday are fast approaching (you can read some of the work we have done in this area about looking at the values behind our remembrance including Kate Guthrie’s excellent report last year which was praised by the Guardian). So it seems highly appropriate that a debate has emerged in Scotland around the place of medals.
November 11, 2009

Armistice service remembers civilians as well as soldiers among war dead

A special Armistice Day service at Westminster Abbey on 11 November, attended by the Queen and leading public figures, remembered the civilians who have died in war as well as soldiers, following calls for change in Remembrance ceremonies.
November 8, 2009

Give freedom a chance

Remembrance commemorations focus only on one, contested, idea of freedom. It needs to change to embrace freedom in all its fullness, says Jonathan Bartley
November 11, 2008

Church urged to more inclusive remembrance, BBC Online, 11 November 2008
November 11, 2008

Remembrance Sunday and the churches, BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, 11th November 2008
November 11, 2008

Remembrance Day