Tag: memorial
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ARTISTIC IMPROVISATION
The curator scratched her head, while the museum porters waited for her decision. ‘Well, remove it of leave it?’ the surly head porter demanded. They looked at the knotted tree branches atop the wicker chairs. She honestly couldn’t remember if it had been there before or not. The Museum of Rural Life in Lumberton, North…
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Y IS FOR YPRES, BELGIUM
A STORY OF YOUTH IN YPRES, BELGIUM Matthias rested his head on his arm, leaning against the cool stone. He felt woozy, too much alcohol in the club. Worth it though, a great gig to round of Ieperfest. He had travelled from Munich for the festival, one of the biggest hardcore punk gatherings in Europe.…
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A NOS MORTS
The bugle sounded, the flag was lowered. Feet shuffled on gravel. The silence was broken by the diesel engine of a barge. They didn’t close the canal anymore. Some her mother had nursed back to full health, some never recovered. One her mother married. Twenty years later she was alongside her mother as men repeated…
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THE AUCTION
‘Lot 191, ‘The Homecoming’ by H.L. Pritchard.’ ‘This sculpture in the classic Greek style, dating from 1918-19, in bronze. It depicts the artist being held in the arms of her fiancé, Private Graham Colquhoun.’ ‘Ms. Pritchard was inspired to create this work after watching soldiers returning from the First World War being greeted by wives, fiancées…
Iain Kelly 