Acomb Explore Library :
Sat 19th Nov :
9.00am – 2.00pm :
Free
Landscapes of Remembrance is a York Archaeological Trust project funded by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund. The project has explored memorials to the fallen of World War One from an archaeological perspective. We have looked at location, style, symbolism and the background to the creation of these memorials. We have explored records in the archives and gone out into the field to photograph and record details about the monuments.
The Landscape of Remembrance soundscape has been created by Converge students. Inspired by the work of our volunteers they have looked at the records and gone out into the field to consider how we commemorate and how we relate to monuments today.
To find out more about Jorvik Dig please visit our website or call our Reservations Department on 01904 615505
Tickets can be booked
In person: call in at any library in York
By phone: 01904 552828 or 01904 552651
Email: york@exploreyork.org.uk
Bibliotherapists and co-authors of The Novel Cure, Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin, explore their witty and original approach to curing with fiction.
Keith Matthews shares his insight on trench warfare as seen through the cartoons of Bruce Bairnsfather.
Join the Friends of Dringhouses Library for an evening all about Dringhouses during the wars.
As part of this year’s Big City Read, there will be a one-off screening of the 2015 film adaptation of Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth (12A)
Screened to commemorate the centenary of the battle, this 1916 film from the Imperial War Museum is unique in its depiction of trench warfare and is shown with contemporary score.
‘War Poet’ Wilfred Owen wrote some of England’s most important and memorable poetry, and his words continue to inspire and challenge us. How, though, did a few private months in a small seaside town inspire Wilfred to new heights?
The Nameless Children: A supernatural tale written and performed by Toni Bunnell. Original songs and words.
Hear the marvellous, uplifting Requiem by Brahms, sung by York Musical Society and guests from Münster, accompanied by full orchestra and conducted by David Pipe, in the superb setting of York Minster. YMS performed this piece in German every autumn during the years of the First World War.