I am happy to reassure Robert Jones, who has written to The Times under the misapprehension that @TheRestHistory "overlooked" Æthelflæd, that nothing could be further from the truth.
Certainly, I have never before been accused of ignoring the Lady of the Mercians!
On the 11th day of the 11th month, @TheRestHistory looks at how the Great War has been commemorated: the origin of the various rituals, their evolution over the past century, and their status today.
Anyone interested after listening to this episode in reading Kipling's great short story The Gardener, you can find it here: greatwar.nl/books/gardener…