Blind terror drove me on, with my flying stirrups whipping me into a frenzy. With no rider to carry I reached the kneeling riflemen first and they scattered as I came upon them.

I got married young, far too young, but it is fine. We are still married 48 years later. I got married at 19.

Books that kids read should be about what is going on in the world.

Blind terror drove me on, with my flying stirrups whipping me into a frenzy. With no rider to carry I reached the kneeling riflemen first and they scattered as I came upon them.

Wars become history all too soon and are forgotten all too soon as well, before the lessons can be learned.

A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you'll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers.

We have bodies coming home and coffins covered in flags, not just in the UK but world-wide.