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When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wipers Times - "Wipers" being army slang for Ypres. Full of gallows humour, The Wipers Times was poignant, subversive and very funny. Produced literally under enemy fire and defying both authority and gas attacks, the magazine proved a huge success with the troops on the western front. It was, above all, a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity. In his spare time, Roberts also managed to win the Military Cross for gallantry.
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Josh O'Connor
Dodd
Ben Daniels
Lieutenant Colonel Howfield
Hugh Skinner
Barnes
Emilia Fox
Kate Roberts
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Pearson
Michael Palin
General Mitford
Ben Chaplin
Roberts
Steve Oram
Sergeant Harris
Patrick Fitzsymons
Deputy Features Editor
Paul Kennedy
Winston Churchill
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