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Stirred by memories

Just before I lift my hands from the keyboard for a couple of weeks of brain rest, work my way down my summer reading -- at the moment it's Kanata, by Don Gillmor, a historical novel with Canada itself in the leading role -- and complete the overdue restoration of an 80-year-old wooden rowboat, I'll take this chance to do some column housekeeping. Weaving civil history into my weekly writings has the continued, inductive effect of releasing comment and memoir from readers which I always receive with suitable satisfaction and enjoyment.

Dave Brown

The war is over, but the battle goes on

News outlets around the world every day, through obituaries, count down the remaining warriors of the Second World War, but few pay attention to the surviving casualties.