As part of the Armed Forces Day exhibition of the War Widows Quilt, lead artist Lois Blackburn invites you to try your hand at sewing your own token of love and remembrance, whether you’re a novice or experienced embroiderer. You Read More …
On Saturday, 24 June 2023, in honour of Armed Forces Day, St George’s Hall, Liverpool, will host a special exhibition of the War Widows Quilt. Made by over ninety war widows and their families from armed forces shirts, the War Read More …
By Andrew Hopper Andrew Hopper is Professor of English Local History at the University of Leicester and the principal investigator for the project ‘Conflict, Welfare and Memory during and after the English Civil Wars 1642-1710’. Funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council, Read More …
This film tells the story of the War Widows’ Quilt and the War Widows’ Stories project. Made by John Felix in November 2019 and filmed at The Queen’s House, Greenwich, where the quilt was first exhibited, it captures the feelings Read More …
9 January 2020 Research Institute for Literature & Cultural History. Liverpool John Moores University. Since its first introduction as a component of the Research Excellence Framework (REF), impact, its (im)measurability, and its role as an indicator of research quality in Read More …
On Armistice Day 2019, Will Davies visited us at the first ever exhibition of the War Widows’ Quilt at The Queen’s House, Greenwich, where it was installed from 7-11 November 2019. Will spoke to representatives of the War Widows’ Association Read More …
On 9 November 2019, the Daily Express devoted a double-page spread to the first-ever exhibition of the War Widows’ Quilt at the Queen’s House, Greenwich. Giles Sheldrick, Chief Reporter, interviewed women who contributed to the quilt, representatives of our partner Read More …
Download this press release as a pdf. From 7–11 November 2019, The Queen’s House, Greenwich, will host the first ever exhibition of the War Widows’ Quilt. Made from armed forces shirts by over ninety war widows and their family members, Read More …
This exercise is part of the War Widows’ Quilt, celebrating the lives and stories of war widow in word and stitch. Is there a poem or song that helps tell a bit of your story? Perhaps you have written a Read More …
This exercise is part of the War Widows’ Quilt, which celebrate the lives and stories of war widows in word and stitch. The idea is to commemorate you. Your poems and pockets will join those of many other war widows from Read More …
