A review of the film “Testament Of Youth”
There was a time in the early 1970s when I met Shirley Williams – than a Labour MP and Cabinet Minister – on several occasions. Very recently, I passed her – now a Liberal Democrat peer – while walking near Parliament and I just couldn’t resist saying ‘hello’, even though of course she had no idea who I was.
Now Shirley Williams had an amazing mother, Vera Brittain, and Brittain is perhaps best known for her memoir “Testament Of Youth” published in 1933. The book was turned into a film last year to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, but I only caught up with the film this weekend. You can read my review here.