Good article, this: “Has Poppymania gone too far?” in today’s Guardian.

This particularly resonated:

“Once a modest sign of remembrance, the poppy has increasingly been used as a prop for performative patriotism, and a way to gauge others' loyalty to an ideal of national sacrifice.”

#Remembrance #RemembranceDay

theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/n…

Has poppymania gone too far?

The long read: Over the past 20 years, the symbol of remembrance for the war dead has become increasingly ubiquitous – and a culture of poppy policing has grown with it

^{Samira Shackle (The Guardian)}