Tim, bit behind with this one but you're absolutely right to be angry, the lottery funding idea is a joke and as someone (sorry, read too many posts to remember who) said the committee seem to have been chosen specifically to have no interest in the culture and history of Britain. It's a really beautiful monument, all war monuments move me and this one is no exception. as a child I was 'dragged' round this type of thing and was moved then but didn't understand why. I'm so glad my family instilled this sense of our past and where I've come from in me, and I am trying to do the same for my girls, like the famous words, lest we forget.
Tabby cat, that poem is so beautiful. I had it years ago and lent the book to a friend and never got it back. Haven't heard it for so long.
