Thinking of you and your family and sending strength and love. It has been such a privilege to know you and I am so grateful for all your many kindnesses, supportive words, and generous engagement with my work. You truly have made philosophy a better space.

One grandfather who served would only discuss some experiences and not others owing to the trauma he experienced.

Absolutely. I had some grandparents who also remembered WW1 and learning from them about their experiences of that history was fascinating.

I had been staying on because of union comms there - but there is more of that here/elsewhere now, and I was so disgusted after the salute incident that I deleted mine after it.