“In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row …. ” So begins “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian poet and military physician. “The poem’s powerful ...

Prince William has urged young people to wear a poppy on Remembrance Day today because it’s “not just about the past; it’s about shaping who we become in the future”. His remarks about learning from ...

An Oscar-winning actor who publicly backed the controversial "white poppy" movement that argues Remembrance Day should be "decolonised", has sparked fury from war heroes. Sir Mark Rylance, who ...