Sign up here for a ticket to the launch event of the podcast series of Lorna’s Lloyd's 'Diary of the war' at Great Malvern Priory on Tuesday 24th May 2022, from 2:00pm onwards.

This is a free, ticketed, event for all interested in learning more about Lorna Lloyd, her chronicles of the early months of World War II from her home in Malvern, and her powerful poetry. This is also an opportunity to meet the teams behind the popular Blipfoto journal LornaL (http://blipfoto.com/LornaL), and the creation of the new podcast series of Lorna's writing. Several members of the Lloyd family will also be participating at the event, including Lorna's great-great niece Bethany Ray, who plays Lorna in the podcast series. The programme for the event includes a series of presentations throughout the afternoon, which are repeated again in the evening. Participants are welcome to come along for the afternoon or evening session (or even both!) as they prefer.

Schedule of presentations

Afternoon

2:00: Event opens, and refreshments*

2:30: Lorna's life in Malvern - presentation by Faith Renger, Curator of Malvern Museum of Local History

3:30: Lorna's Diary of the war, and poetry - selected readings by Bethany Ray, actor

4:00: Q&A panel with members of the podcast project team - David Graham, Professor Hazel Hall, Dr Bruce Ryan, and Marianne Wilson of Edinburgh Napier University; Faith Renger of Malvern Museum of Local History

4:30: Refreshments*

Evening

5:00: Refreshments*

5:30: Lorna's life in Malvern - presentation by Faith Renger, Curator of Malvern Museum of Local History

6:30: Lorna's Diary of the war, and poetry - selected readings by Bethany Ray, actor

7:00: Q&A panel with members of the podcast project team - David Graham, Professor Hazel Hall, Dr Bruce Ryan and Marianne Wilson of Edinburgh Napier University; Faith Renger of Malvern Museum of Local History

7:30: Event closes

*Tea, coffee and biscuits 1940s-style will be available during the event. Malvern Priory is close to a number of cafes and restaurants for those interested in something more substantial. Please see this list on the 'Visit The Malverns' website: https://www.visitthemalverns.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Malvern-Area-Eating-Out-Establishment-List-05.08.21.pdf

The project team acknowledges the support of the sponsors of the project to create the podcast series and host this launch event: the BBC Archive, the British Newspaper Archive (British Library/FindMyPast), Creative Informatics (AHRC), Malvern Museum of Local History, and the School of Computing, Edinburgh Napier University.

For further information, please contact Dr Bruce Ryan: b.ryan@napier.ac.uk

Lorna Lloyd (left) and Bethany Ray (right)