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Author Archives: George Simmers. After many years as a teacher, I retired and began researching for a Ph.D. on the fiction of the Great War – especially the books, stories and plays that were written during the War or immediately afterwards. Laquo; Older posts. 8216;Not So Quiet…’ – Netley Lucas’s story. August 25, 2016 – 3:13 pm. The crook who published ‘Helen Zenna Smith’. August 23, 2016 – 5:35 pm. August 7, 2016 – 10:18 pm. Thanks to Ann-Marie Einhaus for pointing me towards Lena Ashwell’s 1922...
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Who is ‘A.C.A.’? « Great War Fiction
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Laquo; Allan Monkhouse at the Finborough. Who is ‘A.C.A.’? Here’s the beginning of an article in the Times. For 29th September, 1914:. In all, the paper prints six of these efforts, each putting topical words to a traditional tune. So who is ‘A.C.A.’? If he’s familiar to officers from their schooldays, does this make him the author of a textbook, or perhaps the editor of a school anthology? Here’s to Lord Kitchener, brown with the sun,. Gentle, persuasive and balmy. All that he wants for the Army. 8220;D...
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Unfair to Bloomsbury « Great War Fiction
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Laquo; Who is ‘A.C.A.’? In yesterday’s episode of Life in Squares. The BBC drama serial about the Bloomsbury Group,. The First World War came and went. It incommoded them slightly, one gathered. The chaps had to get themselves muddy on a farm, pretending that they were doing work of national importance to avoid conscription, and all of them got a bit miserable, but by and large the war was less important to them than their own romantic tangles. Is not doing them justice. They were more intelligent th...
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Laquo; Older posts. Newer posts ». The Somme on TV. July 1, 2016 – 1:22 pm. I’m sure that the Somme vigils last night were very moving experiences, and it is absolutely right and proper to remember and honour the dead. I was very disappointed, though, with what I saw of the television coverage last night. What follows may not be a complete account of the programme, since I am allergic to Huw Edwards when he is being pious, and switched off after a while. Read More ». June 28, 2016 – 2:38 pm. Stuart Cloet...
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‘Loyalties’ « Great War Fiction
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Laquo; Unfair to Bloomsbury. Kate Macdonald defends Buchan. John Galswortnhy’s 1922 play Loyalties. Includes one of the more interesting twenties portrayals of an ex-soldier. I’ve just got hold of a DVD of the 1933 film adaptation, directed by Basil Dean, which does a good enough job of presenting the piece. (Warning: The following description contains spoilers.). The film opens out the action a little, and shows court scenes that are only reported in the play, but stays true to the original. De Levis is...
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