Alfred Anderson

All I'd heard for two months in the trenches was the hissing, cracking and whining of bullets in flight, machine-gun read more

All I'd heard for two months in the trenches was the hissing, cracking and whining of bullets in flight, machine-gun fire and distant German voices.

I'd like the chance to do a little more performing before I become too old.

I'd like the chance to do a little more performing before I become too old.

All three of us had a vision for an exceptional opera program.

All three of us had a vision for an exceptional opera program.

represented the generation of young Scots who fought in the First World War, and endured unimaginable horrors.

represented the generation of young Scots who fought in the First World War, and endured unimaginable horrors.

But there was a dead silence that morning, right across the land as far as you could see. We shouted read more

But there was a dead silence that morning, right across the land as far as you could see. We shouted 'Merry Christmas,' even though nobody felt merry. The silence ended early in the afternoon and the killing started again. It was a short peace in a terrible war.