The Peace Pledge Union has expressed alarm that children are being encouraged to associate war with parties and given the impression that the UK fought and won the war alone.
In 1998, 70,000 people protested at the G8 summit, calling for the debts of 52 impoverished countries to be cancelled as a way of celebrating the millennium.
For the next four weeks, the US God's Politics group blog will be featuring posts from a variety of voices on Iraq: Iraqis, US veterans and parents, Christians from other countries, pastors, and peacemakers.
The history of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is not just about church cosiness, says Kersten Storch. It is about the quest for healing in a divided church and an unjust and unequal world.
Fairtrade flowers can be hard to find for birthdays, Christmas and anniversaries, but there are a couple of places that you can order them online quickly and easily for delivery including Virginia Hayward and John Lewis