On the Western Front

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

100 years ago teenagers not much older than them fought and died on the Western Front for four years - today's molly-coddled teenagers say they are bored with the commemorations already

Academics from the universities of Exeter and Northumbria fear children will 'just shut off' and will have zoned out before the centenary begins