pferguson | July 25, 2014
Searching for the Great War 100 Years Later “Some wars name themselves…This is the Great War. It names itself.” Maclean’s Magazine, October 1914, p. 53 “Every intelligent person in the world knew that disaster was impending and knew no way to avoid it.” H.G. Wells (Writer) “…an old world of swords, lances and bugles would […]
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Tags: 100th Anniversaries, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, France and Flanders, Great War, H.G. Wells, In Flanders Fields Museum, MacLean's Magazine, Maple Copse, Passchendaele, Poppies, Richard Holmes, Vimy Ridge, Waterfields, Westwold, What Will Be Remembered
pferguson | July 20, 2014
…and follow your feet… Film clip from “A Knight’s Tale”: After changing his stars and following his feet home, Will (Heath Ledger) returns, after several years, to Cheapside, England to reunite with his father (Christopher Cazenove) who has become blind. It seems a long while since I managed to find words to key together. Yet […]
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Tags: A Thousand Stars Away, Home, Winston Churchill