BY JOHN MUSGRAVE Many years ago my late mother used an horrendous phrase to describe a friend of her father’s: ‘Giles had a Good War,’ she said,  ‘and he found himself well placed after it.’  As a 10-year-old I noted her sniff of disapproval and asked her what she meant. The war had been easy for this fellow, she explained. Despite haring off to join … Continue reading A Good War