This year is coming to an end and we're in the final few episodes of 2025.

And as we move towards the sixth anniversary of the old front line podcast, I'm beginning to look ahead to next year, 2026, which will be the 110th anniversary of 1916.

And I'm aiming next year to be covering aspects of that year's conflict from Virdar to the Somme, but also some of the lesser

known actions that took place that year, including, for example, the Battle of the

Centloir Craters in March of 1916 and the fighting involving the Canadians at Hill 62 in June of

that year. And perhaps next year we'll have some

special Q&A episodes covering 1916. It's certainly going to be an interesting year. And while

the 110th anniversary is not the centina, it's not like it was a decade ago and interests in the Great War has undoubtedly

dropped a little bit since then but the podcast statistics tell me that there is an ever-increasing

audience that is interested in finding out about the history of the First World War and long

long may that continue.

And in that respect, the Q&As continue to come in thick and fast,

and once more astound me with their depth and breadth of the kind of things that you want to know about,

that you're inquisitive about.

It's just brilliant.

And it sets me a fresh challenge every time so please keep them

coming via the usual methods but let's get to this week's questions question number one comes

from daniel proser daniel asks i have a question that has interested me for a while but i hope it's

not too base or vulgar a topic for you.

It's perhaps understandably not something that you often hear about in accounts of the war.

But how did latrines work in the front line on the Western Front?

Presumably there must have been provisions for this basic hygiene,

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