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War Poet
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DAVID JONES Poet, Painter, Soldier (1895 to 1974) – 130th anniversary of his birth
Find out about the Brockley-born artist, WWI soldier and writer whose poem ‘In Parenthesis’ was called a work of genius by T S Eliot There are 2 events happening on Saturday 1st November 2025: FREE Afternoon Walk 1.30 to 2.30pm, from 67 Arabin Road, SE4 via the family house in Howson Road to the Chapel…
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Borders in the Literary and Visual Arts of David Jones
The modernist poet David Jones, whose work was greatly admired by T.S. Eliot and W.S. Auden, and who lies buried in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries is to be featured in a seminar by The David Jones Society in the Dissenter’s Chapel on Saturday 22nd September. You can read Mike Guilfoyle’s account of his life here and…
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Tome of the unknown soldier
The World War 1 poet David Jones, who lies buried in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries, is the subject of an article in the New Statesman by David Wheatley. To read more click here In responsse FOBLC member and literary expect Mike Guilfoyle has written the following letter to the New Statesman commenting on this…
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David Jones: war poet and genius: by Mike Guilfoyle
It is humbling to think that this ‘modern genius’ at once painter, poet, essayist, and engraver’ lies almost unknown in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries(close to the graves of Ernest Dowson & Fernando Del Marmol) even though David Jones is critically acclaimed as one of the five greatest modern writers along with Eliot, Joyce, Woolf…