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Wilfred Owen was a poet who wrote about the horrors of war from his experience serving in the British Army during World War One. He loved writing from an early age and became an English teacher in ...
War veteran Owen Scott, 91, who fought in World War II, joins us today to share some of his incredible and terrifying stories as a pilot with the RAF. And with Remembrance Day next Monday ...
It is easy to assume that the powerful words of this young man from Shropshire captured the true experience of the war. But is that assumption right? Or has our focus on poems like Owen's ...
Plans for a dedicated space for the display of whales were finally realised in the 1930s, following decades of funding problems, political manoeuvring and the First World War. Owen retired in 1883 and ...
And, in her presentation of Owen Wingrave, war is not merely talked about, but seen. That’s very much to the good, as Myfanwy Piper’s libretto makes the adaptation of Henry James’ story very talkative ...