Smiling in the War London, East end, 1916. I became a Red Cross nurse two weeks after the war started. It was hard work, long hours and emotionally draining. The hospitals were full of wounded soldiers. Night shifts were the worst; all of the men with shell shock cried out in their dreams, speaking […]
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Great to welcome such an enthusiastic group from Paul Church, near Mousehole, to Heart of Conflict – our World War One exhibition at the Royal Cornwall Museum – yesterday. At the very start of Heart of Conflict in 2014, we visited Paul Church and heard about their major project to restore a fine World War One […]
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Alan Murton, born in Truro, Cornwall, leads a local creative writing group and attended a poetry workshop led by local author Jenny Alexander at Heart of Conflict, our exhibition on World War One. He was inspired by this photograph of three fishermen who went back to sea during the war years due to a shortage of younger […]
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What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon…. Acclaimed local author Jenny Alexander offered a unique two-hour session at the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, looking at the searing stories of sacrifice, love and loss presented in our ‘Heart of Conflict’ exhibition. People created their personal responses to the wartime experiences of the people of Cornwall, through […]
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It was great to see so many people at the lunchtime talk in June by Juliet Jenkin on William Gendall Jenkin (part of the series running during our World War One exhibition, Heart of Conflict , at the Royal Cornwall Museum. William, a miner, who signed up in Camborne and died on the Western Front with many […]
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A thoughtful Tuesday morning in Truro, Cornwall… As part of Heart of Conflict, our exhibition at the Royal Cornwall Museum on Cornwall during World War One, we ran a short story workshop for complete beginners as well more experienced writers. The session – inspired by stories featured in the exhibition – will result in some […]
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