Eleven days in to our Armistice 100 days project. It’s been incredible to see this body of work take shape. And so much more to come. Here’s a round up of the centenas we’ve had the pleasure of reading so far.
- Day 1 – Angus Grundy’s The Chauffeur’s Turn, inspired by Leopold Lojka.
- Day 2 – Therese Kieran’s Stitches in Time, inspired by Jeanne De-Neve.
- Day 3 – Miranda Dickinson’s Waiting in Watson’s Portrait Studio, Leeds, inspired by her great-grandmother Evelyn Ellis.
- Day 4 – Jacob Sam-La Rose’s The King Said All Englishmen Must Go To Join The War, inspired by Gershom Browne and his brother-in-arms Eustace Phillips.
- Day 5 – Ezri Carlebach’s To Resist War, inspired by Karl Kraus.
- Day 6 – Ed Prichard’s Catching the train from Abertridwr to Gallipoli, 1952, inspired by his great-grandmother Catherine Saunders.
- Day 7 – Lucy Furlong’s Votes for Women, inspired by Annie Kenney.
- Day 8 – Sophie Olszowski’s Conscience of Cowardice? inspired by Harold Bing
- Day 9 – Douglas Howatt’s One Woman Quietly Changes Everything, inspired by US Marine Sergeant Opha May Johnson
- Day 10 – Katrick Kompella’s Belief Betrayed inspired by Mahatma Gandhi
- Day 11– John Simmons Jessie, Jessie and Ce, inspired by his Nan, Jessie Branch
As well as reading their centenas, you can also watch Jacob and Lucy reading theirs over on their 1914.org pages:
And in case you missed it, Angus’s piece was featured in last week’s edition of The Sunday Times.