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WRITING AS THERAPY: LESSONS FROM A 21st CENTURY WAR POET

There’s long been a debate about whether having mental health issues helps or hinders the writing process. Some argue that it helps to have a touch of madness and sadness to write the deepest poetr...

'Invictus UK Trials with star studded Big Gig opening ceremony coming to Sheffield' - The Star

SHEFFIELD is to host the Invictus UK Trials with a star-studded opening ceremony as hundreds of wounded British military personnel and veterans compete in sporting events to represent their country...

'STYLE FOR SOLDIERS photo shoot with Giles Duley' - First option studio

Style for Soldiers, the inspiring charity set up by English shirtmaker Emma Willis, who provide smart, well-fitting, formal clothing to the numerous soldiers who were injured in Iraq and Afghani...

PM awards Emma Willis for outstanding veterans charity on International Women’s Day

The Prime Minister has today, 8 March, recognised Emma Willis MBE, from Gloucestershire, for supporting the rehabilitation of veterans and service personnel. Emma Willis is one of the UK’s foremost...

Charles Dance

'My job as an actor is to pretend. I pretend to be a soldier, I pretend to fire a gun, I pretend to be brave, I pretend to be injured. The people who Emma Willis helps have done it all for real. Th...

Huge thanks to Giles Duley for hosting the ‘Art in the Aftermath’ discussion...

Huge thanks to Giles Duley for hosting the ‘Art in the Aftermath’ discussion with the soldier artists Martin Wade, Stewart Hill, Dougie Adams, Harry Parker and poet Karl Tearney about the importanc...

'Art in the Aftermath' Live on BBC Points West and Karl Tearney's Poetry

How Painting Saved Stewart Hill's Life | Good Morning Britain

EVENING STANDARD: ART BY INJURED VETERANS

Work by the model David Gandy will take centre stage in an exhibition featuring art by wounded veterans to coincide with the Armistice centenary.  Art In The Aftermath showcases paintings, photo...

MR PORTER: HOW STYLE CAN HELP INJURED SOLDIERS

This year marks a decade since the charity Style For Soldiers was founded by designer Ms Emma Willis to support severe casualties that return from war. With a nod to the military tradition of...