1.0SplashPagehttps://warpoets.org.uk/splashpageHelenhttps://warpoets.org.uk/splashpage/blog/author/helen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="gknewnfq7Z"><a href="https://warpoets.org.uk/splashpage/poets-and-poetry/robert-nichols/">Robert Nichols</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://warpoets.org.uk/splashpage/poets-and-poetry/robert-nichols/embed/#?secret=gknewnfq7Z" width="600" height="338" title="“Robert Nichols” — SplashPage" data-secret="gknewnfq7Z" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://warpoets.org.uk/splashpage/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2014/05/Nichols.jpg400400Educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford, Nichols became a second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in October 1914. In 1916 he was invalided home with shell shock. In 1917 he was attached to the Foreign Office and in 1917 went with the Ministry of Information to New York. Having begun to write  Continue Reading »