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Brilliant review in The Times Literary Supplement of our Unknown Soldier

By - David
Posted on November, 19, 2014

The Times Literary Supplement, ‘the leading international forum for literary culture’, has published a celebratory review of ‘An Unknown Soldier’. You can read the review here: Against Unremembering In the review David Collard puts our poem into context, saying: Henningham’s mordant wit and avant-garde flair is part of another poetic tradition stretching back to Wyndham

Remembrance Day Talk at Poetry Library – Digest and Protest

By - David
Posted on November, 13, 2014November, 13, 2014

I gave a short talk in the Southbank Centre on Remembrance Sunday. Sir Andrew Motion began the day with a reading of Wilfred Owen’s Dulce Et Decorum Est, and the centrepiece was a performance of Britten’s War Requiem, chiefly featuring players representative of the age for military service. There’s a link at the end for

Remembrance Sunday at Southbank Centre, HFP talk at 1.15pm tomorrow

By - David
Posted on November, 8, 2014November, 8, 2014

The Southbank Centre have asked us to take part in their Remembrance Sunday, Andrew Motion: Dulce et Decorum est, by doing a 15 minute talk and short Q&A in The Saison Poetry Library at 1.15pm. We will be touching on the role of the Arts in Remembrance and Memorials, those decent British iconoclasts – the

Opening Event at Poetry Library, Southbank Centre Nov 7th: An Unknown Soldier

By - David
Posted on October, 24, 2014

An Unknown Soldier: An Exhibition by Henningham Family Press There will be a FREE Opening Event on Friday 7th November, 7.30pm at which we will be giving out a small, free limited edition print, and reading an extract from An Unknown Soldier with the assistance of James Wilkes and Erica Jarnes. Booking is essential by

Saison Poetry Library (Royal Festival Hall) announce ‘An Unknown Soldier’ Exhibition Nov-Jan

By - David
Posted on September, 11, 2014September, 11, 2014

An Unknown Soldier: An Exhibition by Henningham Family Press Tuesday 4th November 2014 – Sunday 4th January 2015 Opening Event 7th November 7.30pm (booking essential) Open Daily Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 8pm Poetry Library Level 5 Royal Festival Hall London SE1 8XX We are very honoured to announce that the Saison Poetry Library, which

Free Verse 6/9/2014, Poetry Book Fair & Reading (10.30am)

By - David
Posted on August, 18, 2014August, 18, 2014

After their kind invitation to be the profiled press onstage last year at Conway Hall, we have booked a table at Free Verse 2014. This year we will also be doing a reading, ably assisted by James Wilkes (Palgrave Macmillan, HFP, Penned In The Margins, Veer) We will perform a version of ‘An Unknown Soldier’

An Unknown Soldier acquired by University College London Library

By - David
Posted on August, 6, 2014August, 6, 2014

The Library at UCL have added An Unknown Soldier to their superb Special Collection. There will be lots more news about this project to come this year. You can read about this artwork here

WW1 Gospel Launched at Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks

By - David
Posted on April, 14, 2014

The Active Service Gospel recently received its official launch at the prestigious Guards Museum at Wellington Barracks, just opposite Buckingham Palace. Our four screenprint editions were dotted around the museum on display. Fascinating and moving speeches were made in which we heard about many of the exciting projects that are already committed to using the

An Unknown Soldier works acquired by Poetry Library, Royal Festival Hall

By - David
Posted on April, 1, 2014

Three more works from An Unknown Soldier have been acquired by the Saison Poetry Library at the Royal Festival Hall. We are doubly thrilled by their addition to this important collection because it feels like their spiritual home. You can read more about these pieces through the project page for An Unknown Soldier here.

WW1 Active Service Gospel Interview

By - David
Posted on March, 12, 2014

SGM filmed this interview with David about the four prints we made with them for the WW1 Active Service Gospel replica.

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