Comments on: The Fatal Salient: letters and paintings of Harold Sandys Williamson

The Fatal Salient: letters and paintings of Harold Sandys Williamson

plep — Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:54:20 -0800

The Fatal Salient. The First World War remembered; the letters and paintings of one of the participants, Harold Sandys Williamson. This and more via The Imperial War Museum's online exhibitions. [more inside]

By: plep

plep — Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:03:37 -0800

Christmas at War. Together, a look at the WW2 contribution of African, Asian and Caribbean men and women. The Spanish Civil War: Dreams and Nightmares. Greenham Common:The Women's Peace Camp, the 19-year anti-nuclear protest. Mervyn Peake: The War Drawings. Diary of a War Artist during WW2. ... Much more.

By: substrate

substrate — Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:53:38 -0800

I browsed through the Fatal Salient over lunch, it was a very moving collection of letters and paintings. It reminds me that regardless of your views on the upcoming war that there are soldiers who are willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for us.

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Wed, 19 Mar 2003 23:53:41 -0800

I happened upon these collections a little while ago, looking up Mervyn Peake's work on-line, & was particularly struck by Williamson's art - it seems a shame that his pictures aren't nearly as widely known as, say, Wilfred Owen's war poems.

By: hama7

hama7 — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 03:27:13 -0800

Beautiful, melancholy, and compelling post, plep. Thanks.