The Unionist whose Scots poetry was praised by Hugh MacDiarmid
WE have not long passed the birthday of John Buchan and are approaching that brisk but barren season of the year where he loved to test the heroes…
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OPINION | Joe Kitchen: There may not be a rainbow nation, but we could try patch together a quilt
Perhaps, one day, we will realise that, instead of a rainbow, our country is a quilt and instead of following one big hero, we will have a lot of small people working together, striving together to make Mzansi work, writes Joe Kitchen.
Source: news24.com
He died a forgotten man, but Pingali Venkayya lives forever in the Tricolour
Two Indians engaged in the Second Boer War (1899-1902) in South Africa, which is known in history books as the 'dirty war', were to leave behind their imprint on their mother country's history.Their paths may not have crossed in the course of ...
Source: prokerala.com
He died a forgotten man, but Pingali Venkayya lives forever in the Tricolour
The other was young Pingali Venkayya, a British Indian Army soldier despatched to South Africa to fight in the war. It was in South Africa that the young man was struck by the sense of nationhood the Union Jack inspired among British soldiers. He may have been young, but he recognised the ceremonial importance and binding power of a national flag.
Source: india.com
First World War trenches given special historic protection
Training trenches dug by Lovat Scouts preparing to head to the First World War battlefield have been given special heritage protection.
Source: edp24.co.uk