I've been very moved by the Radio 3 series The Story of the Great War in Music (still on iPlayer).
Talking of the terrible sacrifices made in wartime someone asked 'And for what?'
Which got me thinking that it was for the freedom to read what we like and discuss it, in our own language, whenever and with whoever we want, for the priviledge of casting my vote recently in a peaceful village hall with no one threatening me, for the freedom to have as many children as we want (a friend is just back from a visit to China where there is still a one child policy), for the chance indeed to travel to China and many other places, for the freedom to write this blog uncensored...
It is so easy to take all this for granted, isn't it, so I'm grateful to Radio 3 for the stories, essays, interviews and music, Lest we Forget.
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