“Blinded, deaf and half crazy”: A.Y. Jackson at Sanctuary Wood, June 1916

In time for Remembrance Day, I've posted this excerpt from my new book Jackson's Wars, detailing artist A.Y. Jackson's horrendous experiences at Sanctuary Wood in June 1916 on the Ypres salient. Image: A Copse, Evening, A.Y. Jackson, 1918. Canadian War Museum

I’m now on mastodon

I've switched microblogging platforms from the bird thing to mastodon, where you can follow me at @dwhauthor@mastodon.social. Hope to see some of you over there. My twitter account remains active (for now) for notifying followers of postings here.