Crimean War Poetry

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Crimean War Poetry Crimean War Poetry is an academic project led by Simon Rennie, Associate Professor of Victorian Poetry at the University of Exeter.

It seeks to recover and interpret poetry written about the Crimean War by ordinary newspaper-readers of the 1850s.

We've had such great feedback for the Crimean War Poetry's gig and CD! Someone wrote to say that it was one of the best ...
09/09/2026

We've had such great feedback for the Crimean War Poetry's gig and CD! Someone wrote to say that it was one of the best concerts they'd ever seen at Sidmouth -- praise indeed!

Exciting news! People have been asking where they can pre-order The Demon War CD, and it is now on our website for £15 +...
09/08/2026

Exciting news! People have been asking where they can pre-order The Demon War CD, and it is now on our website for £15 + postage, for delivery on the official release in October. We sold out of all our advance copies at Sidmouth - 100 CDs in 15 minutes!

https://www.crimeanwarpoetry.co.uk/product-page

07/08/2026

This is where it all started! Benji Kirkpatrick playing the Faustus track ‘Slaves’ from Death & Other Animals, based on an 1840s Chartist poem by William S. Villiers Sankey — and emerging from conversations with Simon Rennie when he first started working with the band back in 2015.

It was such a privilege to be able put on our one-off event to a huge audience at The Sidmouth Folk Festival Ham Marquee...
07/08/2026

It was such a privilege to be able put on our one-off event to a huge audience at The Sidmouth Folk Festival Ham Marquee on Wednesday.

07/08/2026
Saul Rose and Benji Kirkpatrick at today's amazing Crimean War Poetry The Sidmouth Folk Festival. The boys are back in t...
05/08/2026

Saul Rose and Benji Kirkpatrick at today's amazing Crimean War Poetry The Sidmouth Folk Festival. The boys are back in town!

Plus… Nancy and James appear alongside a stunning lineup tomorrow at 12 noon in the Ham for “Recovered Songs of the Crim...
04/08/2026

Plus… Nancy and James appear alongside a stunning lineup tomorrow at 12 noon in the Ham for “Recovered Songs of the Crimean War”. Saul Rose, Nina Zella, Benji Kirkpatrick, Granny’s Attic, Jackie Oates and more!

Granny's Attic, Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, George Sansome, Nina Zella, Saul Rose, Jackie Oates, Tim Walker, The Sidmouth Folk Festival

James Fagan and I live (and are live) at The Ham, Sidmouth today. I’m with Adriano Adewale’s Rooted and Rising at 12 and then the duo are supporting Blowzabella!

20/07/2026

The Departure of the troops. This 3 minute mini-documentary follows Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne and Lewis Wood of Granny's Attic as they work on a new song, based on a poem of 1854.

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