David Crane

Look again – the first world war poets weren’t pacifists

A review of Some Desperate Glory: The First World War the Poets Knew, by Max Egremont. This chronological anthology puts the spotlight on the poets' patriotism

Three of the best: Edward Thomas (left), Wilfred Owen (above right) and Edmund Blunden [Getty Images/Shutterstock/iStock/Alamy]

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