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Jun 8, 2021 · Share This Article. Despite dismal conditions in the trenches of the Western Front in the First World War, an enterprising group of British soldiers decided to laugh in the face of danger with a mock “newspaper” popularly known as The Wipers Times. In 1916, Captain Fred Roberts and Lieutenant Jack Pearson of the 12th Battalion, The Sherwood ...
The Wipers Times: The soldiers’ paper. Soldiers have always used dark humour as a way of coping with the grim realities of war. A good example of this is 'The Wipers Times', one of the finest of many trench publications produced on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18).
May 17, 2012 · The Wipers Times ran until 1918, but was often renamed as the 12 th moved to different locations along the front. For a time it became the Somme Times, the Kemmel Times and even just the BEF Times. Publishing was temporarily interrupted by the German spring offensive in 1918, but was resumed at war’s end publishing some final issues under the ...
This is what they wrote during the war to keep themselves going. NN: The project has been about 10 years in the creation, from the first time Ian discovered the original Wipers Times manuscript ...
Oct 13, 2017 · Based on this film the two have adapted their script for the stage bringing The Wipers Times to the Manchester Opera House, as part of its current nationwide tour, following huge acclaim and sell-out shows on the West End. Ahead of opening on 31 st October, Opening Night met up with Ian Hislop and Nick Newman to discuss the origins of the play ...
Dec 11, 2015 · The Wipers Times had a peculiar format, in that it effectively had two front covers. There was an outer 4 page section, that worked as a protective cover, and was a heavier weight than the text pages. You can see that above, with the cover created from a mix of freshly cast type and plates created from scans.
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The Wipers Times. The Wipers Times was a trench magazine that was published by British soldiers fighting in the Ypres Salient during the First World War. In early 1916, the 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters stationed in the front line at Ypres, Belgium, came across an abandoned printing press.
