‘Those two minutes feel like too short a time to consider the millions lost, too short to ask what it is that we might each do to prevent such tragedies...' Photo: James Harris / Unsplash.
‘Remembering war and considering peace deserves more than two minutes a year.’
Thought for the week: Tim Gee on how long it takes to remember
by Tim Gee
1st November 2019
On 11 November, at 11am, Britain stops for two minutes to commemorate those killed in war. Around that time, some people wear red poppies to remember Allied troops. Others wear white poppies to remember all victims of war, civilians as well as the soldiers.
