Neil Brand presents: 1918, At Home, At War…

Neil Brand introduces and accompanies this fascinating programme of films, music, stories and readings from the pivotal year of 1918. Joined onstage by readers, he invites us into a lost world of wartime activity on the Western and Home fronts – while the soldiers attempt to break the deadlock with the disastrous Battle of the Somme and the first appearance of “The Wonder Weapon”, The Tank, their wives and families at home are struggling to keep the home fires burning,..