Listen to the 'Helen Barff: I Wrap My Fear Around Me Like A Blanket' audio stories

Exploring themes and stories from the exhibition

An interview between Helen Barff and Brian Rice discussing local memories and approaches to making new work. Historian Andrew Powell-Thomas will outline what remains of the Taunton Stop Line ahead of his more in depth guided walk and talk. Artist Julie Brixey-Williams talks about her interactive work with a WWII pillbox on the Essex coast. Professor Catherine Loveday interviews her elderly mother about her memories of being evacuated to Somerset during the war. Local elders share stories about the safe spaces that protected them during WWII. And young people on a den building workshop share their imagined and ideal safe spaces. 

 

 

30 Sep 2022
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