The Sandbag Times Issue No: 22

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Prince Harry has pledged to devote the rest of his life to supporting veterans
with psychological injuries. A month ago, he opened the Invictus Games in
Orlando, Florida, for wounded personnel from 14 nations. The games featured
many inspiring examples of veterans who have managed to redefine their
relationship to mental and physical scars and discover a new appetite for the
future. Among them was Kelly Layden-Farrer, a former Sergeant in the British
Army, who was medically discharged last year due to post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) sustained in Iraq. As Layden-Farrer's experience on returning
home to Wiltshire showed, Prince Harry will have to pursue much bolder
reforms if he wants to keep his promise. Here's an opinion piece I wrote for
Newsweek which documents Layden-Farrer's experience and sets out what
Prince Harry must do.
AFTERSHOCK AT HAY
Many thanks to Professor Jamie Hacker Hughes for his
excellent hosting of the Aftershock event at the Hay Festival
on June 2. Hay has made our hour-long conversation and Q+A
with the audience available for download here for the bargain
price of £1.
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Back Home: A Veterans Album
Watch for this one
Follow Music 4 Veterans as they embark on the project
to record and produce this great album in support of
veterans in the US. Follow their progress here
Too Late The Hero (1970)
Michael Caine
Cliff Robertson
Henry Fonda
My recommendation for this week
is a classic set during WW2 in the
Phillipines.. A reluctant hero,
American Lt. Sam Lawson, is secunded to a
motley British unit tasked with destroying a
Japanese radio on a Philippine island.
EVENT REMINDER
The next Aftershock event will be at the Edinburgh Literary
Festival: August 14, 2:15pm, Garden Theatre
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