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Television: BBC 1.\u00a0\u00a0Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph, 2018 –\u00a0World War One Remembered.<\/em>\u00a0 11 November 2018.\u00a0 Presenter: David Dimbleby.\u00a0 (10am-1.30pm)<\/p>\n

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On November 11 2018, I was in the heart of London at the Cenotaph on Whitehall as a part of the BBC\u2019s television coverage of the Remembrance ceremony and march pasts. I had the privilege of not only talking about the 1918 Armistice, but also experiencing the centennial commemoration from up close.\u00a0 My book Peace at Last\u00a0<\/em>was used for the research and preparation for the programme.<\/p>\n

The colours of the day were striking: the event was blessed with fine weather (even though it was not warm by any means), so all the dark-clad people stood beneath blue skies, and in the sunlight the rows of medals were glinting. The red wreaths of poppies at the foot of the Cenotaph were a small field of colour.\u00a0 In the trees on Whitehall, green parakeets were chattering away, and although these exotic parakeets are such a familiar and much-loved feature of London these days, their colourfulness and cheeriness did seem a little out of place.<\/p>\n

Please see my blog on ‘Armistice Attire<\/a>‘ for Yale University Press.<\/p>\n

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It was an honour to be part of the BBC’s ‘Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph’. Thank you @BBCOne<\/a>. (The programme is available on iplayer.) https:\/\/t.co\/IaTqivdcti<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Guy Cuthbertson (@guywjc) November 14, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n