Why Remembrance Sunday should be about remembering everyone who fought in the first world war

Did you know almost one third of British troops during the first world war were non-white? Bali Rai explains why this Remembrance Sunday we should remember all those who came from India, Africa and the Caribbean to fight in the trenches of Europe

Writers often come across inspiration by accident. That’s what happened with my 2009 novel, City of Ghosts, which is partly set during the first world war.

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