Yesterday, I spent some time with my lovely friend and work colleague who unfortunately suspects she has busted a ligament in her knee (it is still too swollen for them to say definitively). We had a bacon sandwich with chilli asparagus on the side which is pretty much the perfect lunch in my book, we… Continue reading When It Works
Tag: Dulce et Decorum est
Lest We Forget
I happen to be teaching World War I poetry at the moment so today has taken on even more significance for me than usual. Here are some of my favourite poems: ‘Suicide in the Trenches’ by Siegfried Sassoon I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the… Continue reading Lest We Forget