Blackadders last show is often apparently shown in schools doing projects about the Great War. I think that’s disgraceful – it is entertainment (and very enjoyable imo) but not history.

Having retraced the route of my Great Grandfather in the first month of the war, and visited the graves of those he left behind on the field of battle (he came home a cripple) I have a serious and interested outlook on it – but there is a distinction between fact and fiction, and both are valid.

I enjoy Ice Cold in Alex. My Grandfather was in North Africa too – but I can distinguish.