Great War Portraits blog

Birdsong - BBC Part 1

keith — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:01:33 +0000

It’s been a few years since I first read the novel Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. So I was looking forward to the BBCs adaptation hoping it would do it justice, well it did more than that. Mr Faulks must be a very pleased man.

A Real 'War Horse' from Loughborough

keith — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:02:22 +0000

A Story from 1940. "Songster the Oldest Horse in the Army. And with its passing the country has lost its oldest warhorse, the Leicestershire Yeomanry has lost a faithful animal which had endeared itself to the unit.

War Horse - The Real Stories

keith — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:08:54 +0000

The film War Horse has reminded me of the veterans featured in Great War Portraits who had experiences with horses during the First World War. 'Smiler' Marshall and 'Robbie' Burns recall their harrowing experiences during the Great War.

Downton Abbey – How will it deal with the Great War?

keith — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:13:11 +0100

How Downton Abbey portrays the Great War will define it either as an historical drama or just a period soap opera.

Journey's End - A Must See Classic

keith — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:37:53 +0100

Currently on a UK tour is R. C. Sherriff’s WW1 play ‘Journey’s End’, I’ve just seen it at The Duke of York’s Theatre in London.

Great War Portraits - Goes East

keith — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:02:21 +0100

After receiving a mention on the Polish Pentax Users website GWP has shipped copies to Poland and the Czech Republic.

Great War Survivors - Talk by Keith Collman, 20 July 2011

keith — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:59:58 +0100

Thank you very much for your talk at Mill Green Museum last night - it was splendid!

Keith Collman interviewed by the Visiosophia Website

keith — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:36:32 +0100

Keith Collman has been interviewed about Great War Portraits and his photography by Wojtek Kutyla for the photographic website Visiosophia.

The final lap - printed sheets arrive

keith — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:01:40 +0100

The moment of truth, the printed sheets have arrived, called f&gs (folded and gathered) essentially the book pages prior to binding.

Display Banner

keith — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:08:20 +0100

As well as the A6 mailers I've designed a roller banner that I can use on promotional events.