On Saturday November 5th, at a celebratory lunch held in Taunton, SSF life President Dennis Silk opens his 80th birthday souvenir - an elegant glazed dish signed by the Fellowship's committee. Lindsey Spears and Meg Crane look on.
IWM purchase Sassoon Manuscript;
A rare manuscript by Siegfried Sassoon has been purchased by The Imperial War Museum. The autographed draft version of the ant-war poem 'The General' was bought at auction for nearly £4,000
Sad News:
The SSF was very sad to hear of the passing of Vivien Noakes, the distinguished academic and literary critic, author of “Voices of Silence” and much in demand as a speaker on the literature of World War I. Vivien died on 17th February, her 74th birthday, and we send our condolences to her family.
New publications:
Miles Wigfield of the Reading Room Press has announced the Press's fourth publication, one which will be of interest to all SSF members. See our Happy Reading page.
Sassoon Archive:
Cambridge University Library has succeeded in acquiring the Sassoon Archive at a price of £1.25 million. We know that many of you contributed to the purchase, and a group from the Fellowship visited the exhibition at Cambridge University Library on Saturday 24 July 2010.
If you would like to find out more, here is a link to the Reuters news report.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BH00F20091218?type=artsNews
Sassoon in the media:
Those who read BBC History Magazine will know by now that Sassoon was featured in the "My History Hero" section in the February 2010 issue.
Our favourite artist:
Soren Hawkes, has sent us this link - take a look!http://www.legion-magazine.co.uk/picture-galleries/men-horses-and-mud/