After the Bombardment
Schedule
Sat May 30 2026 at 01:15 pm to 02:15 pm
UTC+01:00Location
York Explore Library | York, EN
About this Event
Speaker: Jonathan Brockbank
On 16 December 1914, Scarborough suffered a devastating naval attack - the first to significantly target civilians on English soil during World War I.
Jonathan Brockbank of the University of York discusses the surprise bombardment and compares two fictional responses - Osbert Sitwell's Before the Bombardment and Winifred Holtby's The Crowded Streets. While Sitwell depicts the events as the end of an era, Holtby sees the birth of a new world.
Image credit: Jonathan Brockbank
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Where is it happening?
York Explore Library, Museum Street, York, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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