Artistic Responses to the Battle of the Somme, from Jeremy Deller to the Caribbean
100 years to the day after the artillery bombardment ceased and the first whistle was blown, we remember those who took part in the Battle of the Somme, and how artists then and now have represented the costliest day in British military history.
Presenter John Wilson
Producer Jerome Weatherald.
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WeAreHere - Jeremy Deller and Rufus Norris
Duration: 12:39
Emily Mayhew on Henry Tonks
Duration: 04:44
Jolyon Fenwick
Duration: 04:13
Kat Francois
Duration: 06:54
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Jeremy Deller and Rufus Norris鈥� project to commemorate the Somme centenary is entitled .
Wounded: Conflict, Casualties and Care
Wounded: Conflict, Casualties and Care is showing at the 听
Image by Henry Tonks听漏 The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of SurgeonsThe Zero Hour Panoramas
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The Zero Hour Panoramas by Jolyon Fenwick is showing at until 15 July.听
Zero Hour 100 Years on: Views From The Paraper of the Somme by Jolyon Fenwick is published by Profile Books.
Image credit: Jolyon Fenwick.听
Kat Francois
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Kat Francois will be performing at on 10 July.
Image credit: Joel Cox
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