Military Role in Olympic Welcome and Victory Ceremonies
An open letter from Pax Christi and Westminster Justice and Peace to the Board Members of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games
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An open letter from Pax Christi and Westminster Justice and Peace to the Board Members of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games
'Get on the ground you fat git,' my platoon commander - a man a little over half my age- shouted at me. Thank goodness my parishioners don't address me in the same manner I thought as I flung myself to the ground, yet again, in a meaningless act in the name of training. We were under enemy fire (blanks) in hostile territory (the Surrey Downs) and rapid responses were paramount.
The Duke of Cambridge made a surprise stop at John Henry Newman School in Stevenage for a roast dinner as he took a break from a helicopter mission in Hertfordshire. Prince William flew in to the playing field at the school after transporting doc...
‘Seeing and feeling how very hard it was to send away the poor, dismissed by the doctors as beyond hope of recovery, some having very poor homes and other no friends willing to receive them, they bethought themselves of having a hospice or home ...
As a child I was, from time to time, really afraid of the dark. When the light went out at night in my bedroom and on the landing, or when I woke in the dark, a deep chill would fill my heart. Sooner or later I would cry out. My mother would come....