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Be Amazing Arts presents ‘Letters From Betty’

Be Amazing Arts presents ‘Letters From Betty’

  Inspired by the love letters of Bert and Betty, Letters From Betty is a promenade multi-media live performance told from a Naval sailor’s perspective, of day to day life during World War 2. Join us as we follow Bert’s journey from Navy training, to active duty...
#ForgottenFriday – Penicillin

#ForgottenFriday – Penicillin

In today’s #ForgottenFriday, we are looking into medicine in wartime. One of the paradoxes of warfare is that it has often led to significant advances in technology and medicine that have proved to be of great advantage to humans and animals too! One of the...
#ForgottenFriday – Women At War: The Munitionettes

#ForgottenFriday – Women At War: The Munitionettes

#ForgottenFriday – Women in the Factories During World War II: Unsung Heroes of the Home Front World War II was a defining moment in history, not only for the battles fought on the front lines but also for the profound societal changes back home. One of the most...
#ForgottenFriday – Fashion On the Ration

#ForgottenFriday – Fashion On the Ration

Fashion has always been an important part of social history even until today! We are always trying to keep up with the latest fashion trend, however, during the Second World War, it was very different! Today we are focusing on ‘Fashion on the Ration’, an important...
#ForgottenFriday – Women’s Land Army

#ForgottenFriday – Women’s Land Army

With the outbreak of WWII services looked towards the women of Britain to commit themselves for the war effort, similarly in WWI women would take work on the farms, factories and in civil services, whereas normally all jobs like this would be reserved for men. A...
#ForgottenFriday – Yalta Conference

#ForgottenFriday – Yalta Conference

This #ForgottenFriday, we are exploring the Yalta Conference towards the end of the Second World War. On this day 4th February 1945 the Yalta Conference took place in a Russian resort town in the Crimea, during the Second World War. At Yalta, the big three, U.S...