Letters: We come not to praise Margaret Thatcher…
The first great funeral for a commoner was for an actor, David Garrick, in 1779.
Military Resettlement, Business, Training & Recruitment
Military Resettlement, Business, Training & Recruitment
The first great funeral for a commoner was for an actor, David Garrick, in 1779.
Readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts Is it possible to join an army as a private and rise to the rank of general?
As a historian, I initially wondered whether your report was a Guardian April fool ( Poignant kickabout that captured futility of conflict to be replayed for WW1 centenary , 9 February). Only a specially selected bunch of conservative academics and generals would think of celebrating the military genius that organised the Somme, Passchendaele and Dardanelles campaigns