Name: The Wipers Times: Printing Wit & Waffle at War
Start: 2024-06-01T09:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-06-01T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Brook Farm Camp, IP29 5NW

The Wipers Times: Printing Wit & Waffle at War

Join us for a unique event in collaboration with Norwich Printing Museum, about the First World War trench newspaper The Wipers Times, featuring fascinating talks by historians Robert St. John Smith, Dr. Paul W. Nash and Taff Gillingham.
Experience the artistry of printing firsthand as artist and designer Su Morris demonstrates the craftsmanship using a tabletop Adana printing press. Attendees will have the chance to create their very own printed keepsake. Donations to support Norwich Printing Museum are warmly welcomed and greatly appreciated!
Don't miss this unique opportunity to engage with historians and gain new perspectives on one of the most remarkable publications of the Great War.
Ticket price includes a light lunch - please make us aware of any dietary requirements. Further details on our website.
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09:30 - Registration
10:00 - Welcome
10:15 - An Introduction to The Wipers Times - Taff Gillingham
10:45 - Questions on the First Talk
11:00 - Break
11:20 - Printing a Trench Newspaper - Dr Paul W. Nash
12:05 - Questions on the Second Talk
12:20 - Lunch and Printing Demonstration by Su Morris
13:40 - Writing and Working on the Papers - Robert St. John Smith
14:25 - Questions on the Third Talk
14:40 - The Wipers Times on Stage and Screen - Taff Gillingham
15:00 - Questions on the Fourth Talk
15:15 - Closing Remarks followed by an opportunity to chat
16:00 - Event Ends
About the speakers:
Robert St. John Smith has a strong interest in the First World War from the viewpoint of the common soldier, and the use of ephemera as a historical source. After gaining an MA at the University of Wolverhampton (2023) in Britain and the First World War, where his final year thesis was on the subject of soldier-drawn cartoons, he is currently a PhD candidate at University College Cork, where he is researching the image of ‘Tommy Atkins’ between 1896 and 1926.
Paul W. Nash is a librarian, bibliographer and printing historian, who worked at the Bodleian in Oxford between 1981 and 1994, was Curator of Rare Books at the RIBA between 1994 and 2002, and Superintendent of the Bibliography Room at the Bodleian from 2006 to 2015. He has written on architectural books, private presses and early European printing, and operates his own private press, the Strawberry Press, for pleasure and as an exercise in understanding the processes of relief and intaglio printing. A long-term member of the Printing Historical Society and the National Printing Heritage Committee, he is currently Editor of the Journal of the Printing Historical Society and Vice-Chair of the Norwich Printing Museum Trust.
Taff Gillingham is a military historian and historical military advisor for film, television and theatre productions. He co-owns Khaki Devil, a company specialising in the hire of uniforms, equipment, weapons and historical advice and is co-director of the Great War Huts project. He has a background in film and television design and is a former trustee of The Suffolk Regiment Museum.