This sound-illustrated talk will cover popular music, live performance, soldiers’ songs, minstrelsy, hymns, folk songs and commercial songs of the period, including the songs of the Prisoner of War camps – with the content reflecting propaganda, patriotism and the changing course of the war.

John Mullen teaches in the English Department at the University of Rouen in France.

Admission for this event is £3 and refreshments will be available.

Booking is recommended. To attend this event, please RSVP to fiveleaves.bookshopevents@gmail.com