No glory: Ol Rappaport’s Thought for the Week

‘Successive governments have failed in their duty.’

by Ol Rappaport 7th November 2025

When I was five my grandfather came to stay. That first night he screamed in his sleep. My mother explained that he had been a soldier, and that the things he saw gave him nightmares. Until then I thought only children had nightmares. He was a lieutenant in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He had lied about his age so that he could serve on the front line.