Issue 2.

Our second issue of the Great War Literature Magazine. The Autumn 2008 edition articles include:

• 1914: In this first part of our series of articles, looking beyond the literature of the First World War and putting it into context, we look at 1914 from the tumultuous events of that last ‘golden’ summer, to the Christmas Truce.
• LITERARY CONNECTIONS: We look at Edward Wyndham Tennant, known as ‘Bim’.
• SPECIAL FEATURE - JOURNEY’S END:We interview some of the actors involved in the latest production at the Electric Theatre, Guildford, about their characters and the impact the play has had on them.
• PLAY REVIEW: A review of Journey’s End at the Electric Theatre, Guildford. 
• SHERRIFF’S WAR: An account of R C Sherriff's activities in the First World War, based upon his letters to his mother. 
• WAR MEMORIALS: In this regular feature, we look at the war memorial in Esher, Surrey.
• A TREAT AT… The Wheatsheaf, Esher Green.
• HOME FRONT RECIPES: A tried and tested recipe for War Cake and some snippets from “The Allied Forces Cookery Book”.
• POEM - FOR THE FALLEN by Laurence Binyon.
• LAURENCE BINYON: A concise biography of this renowned First World War poet.