The poppy is the enduring symbol of the First World War, an object that embodies 100 years of attitudes towards the world's first great conflict. Yet the flower's association with warfare pre-dates 1914 and its legacy continues today. An intensely powerful object, it has been appropriated by many, employed to justify war and to highlight its futility. All objects have a biography and poppy's is one as galant as any from the war. Yet as we enter a world dominated by social media and 24hr news broadcasts, the poppy is again becoming politicised, publicised, diminished and reified.
