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Vengeance or Justice?
It’s the age old question, and that was what I talked about at the Scottish Government’s Remembrance Day event at St. Andrew’s House in Edinburgh on Friday 8th November. I had an Air Commodore on one side of me and a Major General on the other, so mine was the only white poppy on display. … Continue Reading
United Against Hate
It is only by recognising our common humanity that we can break the endless cycle of violence.
Tim Maguire’s Humanist CV
Curriculum Vitae brevis…
What made you decide to become a humanist celebrant?
Most of us are more afraid of speaking in public than we are of dying, and what Lyeona did was extraordinary.
Remembrance Day 2022
As Barack Obama said the other day, “despair is not an option”. We need to keep trying.
It’s time to honour courage of a different kind
This year, lets honour the people who risked everything to prevent war breaking out in the first place: Civil Servants.
Remembrance Day 101
Yesterday was the hundredth anniversary of the very first ceremony of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London.
Scottish Government Remembrance Day Ceremony 2018
Should the poppy continue to be the flower of remembrance, or should we allow it, once again, to be the flower of forgetfulness?
The Language of Flowers
The culture war over the poppy’s meaning continues.