Art, Film, Photography

A Perfect Match

Some paintings are made to pair with a poem. Read Edward Thomas's As the Team's Head Brass and then take another look…

7 years ago

Women Artists of WW1: Iso Rae

In 1918 Australia appointed sixteen official war artists. All were men. Iso Rae - who had lived in France throughout…

7 years ago

Night Patrol

All agreed that 1917 had been a sad offender. All observed that 1918 did not look promising at its birth.…

7 years ago

Images for Winter and a Winter Robin

I found this on the London Library Advent calendar. Just the perfect image for anything a little Christmassy with a…

7 years ago

Holiday Greetings from 1917

Time for some seasonal greetings from the front. The traditional Christmas message of charity, reconciliation, and peace on earth now ensured…

7 years ago

Marching Men

Literary reputations come and go, rise and fall like food fads and fashion. Marjorie Pickthall - once so highly regarded that…

7 years ago

On the Disadvantages of Central Heating

Hard to think of a better example of misplaced romantic nostalgia than yearning for the days before the era of…

7 years ago

What The Living Do

I've been reading the quite wonderful Tirzah Garwood memoir Long Live Great Barfield - a book that deserves several posts…

7 years ago

It’s December

It's December and the full onslaught of the cultural waterboarding of commercial Christmas is about to roll out. Before it…

7 years ago

Saki: The Open Window and the Birds of WW1

"You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October afternoon," said the niece, indicating a large…

7 years ago