How should wars be commemorated?
'We Shall Remember Them' - How should wars be commemorated in a multinational society?
The Great Tew Circle
SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2026, 6.30pm
St Michael and All Angels, Great Tew
Panel discussion followed by drinks and supper
PARTICIPANTS:
Rachel Seiffert
Born and brought up in Oxford, the author of The Dark Room, A Boy in Winter and other novels is of part-German and part-Australian parentage. Her books, which have been translated into eighteen languages, concern the individual in history. Once the Deed is Done (Virago 2025) is set in the nightmare world of 'peacetime' Germany in 1945 and has been longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
Alex Donnelly
Educated at Wellington College and Cambridge, Alex served in RN Intelligence in the second Gulf War. Despite life-changing injuries, he survived a bombing in Basra Harbour on Remembrance Day, 2006 that killed four UK soldiers. A poet, he has been developing innovative ways of describing the experience of battle.
William Burke
Vicar of the Tew Benefice, and the initiator of the new Great Tew Circle, William was a career soldier before becoming ordained. As a commanding officer in the Royal Irish Rangers, he served in Northern Ireland and with the UN in Cyprus.
Jeremy Treglown (Chair)
A biographer and cultural historian who has focused particularly on writers and artists during the mid-C20, Jeremy is the son of a WW2 army chaplain who was blinded and otherwise permanently maimed in a ‘battle inoculation’ exercise in 1944.
NUMBERS LIMITED: book early!
Talk and dinner: £35.00 for early booking (£45.00 on the night)
Talk and drinks: £12.50 for early booking and (£15.00 on the night)
Talk only: Students go free.
To book early please contact office.tewbenefice@gmail.com
Jeremy Treglown · Sat 11 Apr, 18:35 · Link