Armistice Day & Remembrance Sunday  

This week is profound one in our national calendar. The two minutes' silence on the 11th November and the service of remembrance held at the Cenotaph, which is repeated across the country, are an opportunity for us to remember the brave sacrifice of those who gave up their lives so that we could live free. It is made all the more poignant by the fact that many of our servicemen and women are still engaged in operations across the world, particularly in Afghanistan. My thoughts, and those of all readers I am sure, go out to these personnel and their families. This year also marks the 90th Anniversary of that great institution, the Royal British Legion. Formed after the First World War to support those who had served their country and to support the families of those who lost loved ones - it is an organisation which does fantastic work in communities up and down the country alongside many...