Richard Chartres

Trollope is still popular so why was interest in his bicentenary so patchy? Perhaps because mainstream fans lean to the right while his academic champions lean to the left

Royal family and leading politicians attend Whitehall Cenotaph commemorations

Queen Elizabeth leads Remembrance Sunday ceremony at Cenopath in London

Bible reading chosen by Margaret Thatcher urges people ‘to put on the armour of God’ to stand against the wiles of the devil

Readings will include TS Eliot and Wordsworth

Operation True Blue gets under way to co-ordinate logistics of ceremonial event