Christmas Day, 1914 Printed in Australia’s School Magazine, Apr. 2001 My dear sister Janet, It is 2:00 in the morning and most of our men are asleep in their dugouts—yet I could not sleep myself before writing to you of the wonderful events of Christmas Eve. In truth, what happened seems almost like a fairy tale, [...]
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Helen John, 73, with a banner protesting against unmanned drones being based at RAF Waddington. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian Protest and survive: the Greenham veteran who refuses to go away Thirty years ago, Helen John was the first full-time member of the Greenham Common peace camp. Now 73, she’s still hard at [...]
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