Fallen soldier's painting restored after years of neglect
Howard Davis died in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. After months of restoration, his story has been brought back to life by a Jersey paintings conservator.
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ITV News
5 days ago
- ITV News
Fallen soldier's painting restored after years of neglect
Howard Davis died in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. After months of restoration, his story has been brought back to life by a Jersey paintings conservator.
Daily Record
05-06-2025
- Daily Record
One-man show marks 155th birthday of Lanarkshire music hall legend Sir Harry Lauder
Tenor and broadcaster Jamie MacDougall is reviving the much-loved Scottish Opera show Lauder this summer. He was Scotland's first successful international entertainer – a South Lanarkshire lad whose unique stage image and performances brought world fame. Now, to mark the 155th birthday of legendary Scottish entertainer Sir Harry Lauder, tenor and broadcaster Jamie MacDougall is reviving the much-loved Scottish Opera show Lauder this summer, in Edinburgh. It will be at Portobello Town Hall on Monday and Tuesday, August 4 and 5, at 7pm (tickets here), and there will also be shows in London and Buxton. Ticket sales from the Edinburgh and London performances will go to the charity Erskine Veterans Charity, for which Jamie is an ambassador. It provides support to Veterans in Scotland, through care homes and a Veterans Village. Sir Harry, who was an international music star and at one point the highest-paid performer in the world, was greatly affected by his son John's death at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. He raised huge sums of money for injured serviceman, donating his music royalties to veterans supported by Erskine Veterans Charity. An exploration into the public and private personas of Sir Harry, Lauder was originally presented by Scottish Opera in 2017 as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of Theatre Royal Glasgow. This production of the musical play has been adapted by director Kally Lloyd-Jones and Jamie from the original script by comedian, actor and impresario Jimmy Logan. In London, Tom Carradine is music director and pianist, and in Buxton and Edinburgh it is former Scottish Opera head of music, Derek Clark who also curated the featured Harry Lauder songs. Sir Harry premiered his classic song 'I Love a Lassie' onstage at Theatre Royal in 1905 when he appeared in his first pantomime, Aladdin, and in Red Riding Hood in 1910 he performed 'Roamin' in the gloamin'. Featuring these well-known songs as well as 'Keep Right on to the End of the Road' and other familiar favourites, Lauder includes news footage of Sir Harry's funeral and film reel from the trenches. Jamie MacDougall said: 'I am thrilled to be bringing this tribute to Sir Harry Lauder to audiences in London, Buxton International Festival and Edinburgh for the first time. I was 10 when I was taken twice to see Jimmy Logan in Lauder at the King's Theatre Glasgow. That was the start of my life-long association with these wonderful songs and Sir Harry, an entertainer who was the first truly global star. I am honoured to be an Ambassador for Erskine, and hope audiences can come along to see this special show and raise money for an incredible charity.' Jimmy Logan wrote and starred in Lauder which he performed for the first time in 1976 in Edinburgh, before it toured around the world. It was also broadcast on television and Logan revived the show in 2000 for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre. Scottish Opera extends thanks to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's Archives & Collections, custodians of the Jimmy Logan Archive including the Lauder scripts and scores. Jamie will also take the one-man show to London's Hoxton Hall on June 22, and Buxton International Festival on July 17.
BBC News
15-12-2024
- BBC News
Historian tries to identify WW1 Durham Light Infantry soldiers in photo
A man is seeking help to identify the soldiers in a photo he bought in a charity shop for £ Maasz has already identified about 75% of the men in the image, which depicts the 1915 military officer class of Wadham College, is attempting to uncover the names of the remaining faces - including six from the Durham Light Infantry (DLI).The photo was taken a few months before many would be sent to the Battle of the Somme and where some would die, Mr Maasz said. He said he had been working on the project for over five years. 'Key breakthrough' Mr Maasz, from Suffolk, has discovered that about 40% of the men he has identified so far died during the of them was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, he said. Mr Maasz said a World War One internet forum had been a "massive help" in identifying the soldiers."It's becoming a real sort of social history project," he said one key breakthrough was when a PhD student on the Great War Forum reached out to say he had found a list of all the men in that year's military officer programme from Oxford University's meant the list of names simply had to be linked to the 48 faces in the photo, Mr Maasz said. 'Not everyone died' Below are the names of the DLI men who are yet to be identified, as well as a gallery of their faces: Alan Wynne Apperley, who was born in South End in Durham in 1885John Cook, from Hartlepool, who was 25 when the photo was takenJohn Williams, from Yorkshire, who was 26 during the courseVere Leopold Dunstan Beart, from London, who was 21William Dunbar Anderson, from Newcastle, who was 27Two men, AG Brown and JH Kearns, were recorded as sick on the list found by the PhD student, but Mr Maasz has not been able to determine which regiments they were linked to. He believes one of them is the mystery sixth person from the DLI. Mr Maasz used the lapels and caps worn by the men to link each of them to a specific largest group, made up of 10 men, belonged to the help from the men's loved ones on the war forum, as well as Durham archives, he has identified four of them so far."Not everyone died in the war," he said. For example, one of the DLI men Mr Maasz has learned about, but has not been able to put a face to, was Alan Maasz said he believed Mr Apperley survived the war, married in 1922 and settled in Tynemouth, North Tyneside.
