The chill of a crisp autumn morning reminds us that Armistice Day is approaching.

At this time of year we pause to remember each of us in our own way.

But what is it that we remember? What is it that draws us back?

What connects us to the Great war more than a century later we're at that time of year where we pause to remember the great war not just the great war of course for many of us there will be connections to other wars but for those of you who listen to this podcast on a

regular basis this won't be something that you do just once a year for most of us it's a daily thing

and in normal times we'll be along the old front line visiting those battlefields and remembering

again and again.

But what is remembrance now? What does it mean to us?

And what ways does it manifest itself in what we do, how we approach the Great War?

If we look across our social media timelines at the moment,

we'll see that people do indeed remember in so

many different ways. And there will be aspects of remembrance culture, perhaps we'll call it that,

that will trouble some of us. But I like to think, who are we to condemn? Somewhere in there

are the right reasons to remember a personal connection to a faded photograph in a frame a distant memory of a relative a faint utterance of a soldier's name perhaps long forgot that somehow comes out of that past and is forgotten no longer.

And remembrance, the act of remembrance, is something that now is no longer done by just a select few.

It's something that grows on an annual basis.

In the years that I've been living here in South Yorkshire

and attending local war memorial services,

the numbers coming along every year grow and grow.

People feel a connection to this,

perhaps that in itself is a reflection of recent conflicts,

but also perhaps a wider awareness of the generations

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