the person who manage that project was director danny boyle.th garden rakes. they like... to ta ke with garden rakes. they like... to take all these patterns and scrub the sand into shade. they treated shade with the sun etiquette is beautiful images. this one up at the moment in scotland's is absolutely beautiful loss of one of the first black officers who serve in the army. we tried to go to around 30 beaches around britain. they're still going around in some. we finished your because the tide. we tried to personalise the numbers, so numbing, so extraordinary, so it is trying to personalise their connection, individualstories, through the imperial war museum. so you get back in touch with the individuals involved. sometimes they are very significant and wilfred 0wen is a very significant person in history. certainly in terms of the speech where he left from the survey in france. what gave you the idea? i've seen, look there, the half face as the tide comes in. i've never seen as the tide comes in. i've never seen this kind of drawing of the s

danny boyle's tributes to the fallen have begun.portraits of some of those who lost their lives are being etched onto 32 beaches, before being washed away by the tide. this morning, the queen will attend the national service of remembrance at the cenotaph and two minutes of silence will be observed. then, at 12.30, big ben will lead bells of remembrance across the world. and later this evening, the royal family will attend a special service at westminster abbey. then more than a thousand beacons will be lit around the uk, to symbolise an end to the darkness of war. we've mentioned the beach portraits, live pictures from folkestone, wilfred 0wen, famous first world war poet. his poetry for many symbolised the horror of the conflict. wilfred 0wen, a young officer killed very shortly before the armistice, before the end of the first world war, and his mother got the telegram telling her he was dead just as the bells we re her he was dead just as the bells were ringing out for the armistice, by cruel irony, just as the war was lending,

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danny boyle's moving tribute to the fallen began. huge portraits of some of those who lost their lives will be etched onto 32 beaches before being washed away by the tide. 11 o'clock is when the guns stopped firing 100 years ago. this morning, the queen will attend the national service of remembrance here at the cenotaph and two minutes of silence will be observed. then at 12:30, big ben will lead bells of remembrance across the world. and later this evening, the royal family will attend a special service at westminster abbey before more than 1,000 beacons are lit around the uk to symbolise an end to the darkness of war. let's find out a bit more about today. brea kfast‘s graham satchell is at horse guards parade. good morning, graham. this is horse guards parade, the cenotaph is behind us on whitehall, stjames parkis behind us on whitehall, stjames park is over there, if you know london, this is where horse guards parade, the service men and women will be gathering in a couple of hours, probably from about half past eight or nine o'

bestand portraits were curated by the film director danny boyle. project and the significance of the beaches. we just do it with garden ra kes. beaches. we just do it with garden rakes. it is incredible, they take all these patterns and scrub the sound. you get these beautiful images, there is one in scotland which is absolutely beautiful, one of the first black officers to serve in the army so we have tried to do 30 beaches in britain and it is going on still with some beaches where the tide has not come in. it is trying to personalise through reconnection through individual stories and through the imperial war museum so that you get back in touch with the individuals involved and sometimes they are very significant. wilfred 0wen is a very significant presence in our history and certainly in terms of the speech where he left from to serve in france. what if you be ideal? such an original idea. what gave you the idea? i have seen sand sculptures but i've never seen this kind of trying on bestand? i think we associate the beaches with the second wor

armistice, and this beautiful photograph of one of these beach etchings that was thought up by danny boylend the event organiser, as he is now known after the olympics, too. such a beautiful idea, wasn't it? it was, and they were tremendously executed, when you saw the aerial photographs of the various different sculptures that were created. they really are absolutely superb. the idea of the sea washing them away as well. that we are all fleeting moments on the earth. and then we disappear. and thatis earth. and then we disappear. and that is it. you know, the reality is that is it. you know, the reality is that there are very few people alive today who were alive during the war. nobody who fought in it is any more alive. the wall has move on. there is the misquotation of opinion column, "they shall not grow old" it is "they shall grow not old", that is, they shall always be flesh, and this is what it is about, to keep the memories of the sacrifice our fresh. let's look at something different, and we always have to look at brexit, don't we, in the daily telegraph, boris johnson, cabinet mu

this is part of denny boils project -- danny boyle's project. emmanuel macron's speech and at donaldled jibe trump and vladimir putin. thatinancial times noting macron attacked nationalism. reallyhington times gives us a different point of view. they held donald trump's strength in weathering a lecture from a chronic. -- from macron. through it all, they say donald trump went out on a high note by refusing to let it affect him and his tribute. history was also overshadowed by one visit that he did not make. to the american military ceremony and memorial and the city of -- memorial in the city of belleau. in this cartoon, saying less to get wet. in thessacre took place small neighborhood of west belfast in 1971. it was the year before the bloody sunday massacre. 10 unarmed people shot dead by british soldiers. including a mother of eight who was shot in the face. whilecatholic priest shot performing last rites to a dying man. they were arresting ira suspect. the british army say those who were gunned down were armed terrorists. the families say t

m was danny boyle's idea to invite eve ryo ne was danny boyle's idea to invite everyone to a beach. we'll have your virginity to make our own with stencils and then to read carol ann duffy's poem together on the beaches. and it is amazing to watch them getting washed away by the tide. and you mentioned the peter jackson programme which so many people watched and were moved by. this was the part of the programme where soldiers described life away from the front line. the men were cheerful, under the circumstances, as happy as they could be, making the best of everything, in true british fashion. the cockney wit was prevalent. we were all lads together, you know. we didn't care. we would make a fuss about nothing, the little things that didn't matter really, because it was something to fill the time in. we used to have to make our own amusements. we laughed at the slightest things. i think probably it was the general lightening of the atmosphere. probably it was the general lightening of the atmospherem probably it was the general lightening of the atmosphere. it is so lightening of t

the project has been organised by the film director danny boyle, who says that the face is a metaphorhore to take in the imagery and the symbolism. it feels very much like he is here and he is alive and he is, as you say, representing so many people, really special.

the project had been organised by the film director danny boyle, who says the face is a metaphorfor tragedy, but i thought it was a good way to reflect on our own...time here. you know, it's just temporary, really. as the tide ebbed away, 30 artists crafted contours of the face. hundreds of people lined the shore to take in the imagery and the symbolism. it feels very much like he's here and he's alive and he is, as you say, representing so many people, really special. really special. 32 faces have been created on beaches around britain. in blackpool, lance corporaljohn arkwright who fell in 1914. at murlough in county down, john mccance, who died at passchendaele. just like private ellis evans, here at colwyn bay. by mid—morning, the inpatient tide returned to roll in over the faces, like tears of the lost generation. the images floating in nature, but enduring in our memories. let's speak to nigel hinds, the executive producer of 14:18. — a uk—wide cultural programme to mark the centenary of the first world war. i know we are halfway through it in many ways, but how would you assess what

the project had been organised by the film director danny boyle, who says the face is a metaphorfor tragedyll outlive us and outlast us, but i thought it was a good way to reflect on our own...time here. you know, it's just temporary, really. as the tide ebbed away, 30 artists crafted contours of the face. hundreds of people lined the shore to take in the imagery and the symbolism. and reflected on loss and sacrifice. it feels very much like he's here and he's alive and he is, as you say, representing so many people, really special. really special. the stairs of the volunteers out from other beaches to. eventually the waters of impatient types are rolled in across each face like the tears of the lost generation, masked by the waves but endearing in memory. that has been a day of commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the first world war. ceremonies were watched in cities and towns across the uk. in accrington in lancashire, there was a town sacrifice. with the rain beating down on one of lancashire's most imposing war memorials, hundreds of people, young and old circled accrington cenata

the project has been organised by the film director danny boyle, who says the face is a metaphorfor tragedyt structures that will outlive us and outlast us, but i thought it was a good way to reflect on our own, um, time here, you know, which is temporary, really. as the tide ebbed away, artists crafted the contours of the face. hundreds of people took in the imagery, the symbolism, and reflected on loss and sacrifice. it feels very much like he's here and he's alive and he is, as you say, representing so many people, really special. really special. the stares of the fallen gazed out from 31 other beaches too. at moray in scotland, captain charles sorley, dead at 20. in northumberland, private william jonas, who perished at the somme. archiejewell, here in cornwall, survived the titanic, only to be killed by a german u—boat. in lincolnshire, lieutenant basil hicks died on the first day of the battle of loos. in fife, doctor elsie inglis who helped wounded french soldiers. while in thornby, volunteers spoke of their admiration for captain john armitage, who fell fighting at arras. to see the

the project has been organised by the film director danny boyle, who says the face is a metaphorfor tragedyrful that there are permanent structures that will outlive us and outlast us. but i thought it was a good way to reflect on our own, um...time here, you know, which is temporary, really. as the tide ebbed away, artists crafted the contours of the face. hundreds of people took in the imagery, the symbolism, and reflected on loss and sacrifice. feels very much like he's here, and he's alive, and he's, as you say, representing so many people. really special, really special. the stares of the fallen gazed out from 31 other beaches, too. at moray in scotland, captain charles sorley, dead at 20. in northumberland, private william jonas, who perished at the somme. archiejewell, here in cornwall, survived the titanic, only to be killed by a german u—boat. in lincolnshire, lieutenant basil hicks died on the first day of the battle of loos. in fife, dr elsie inglis, who helped wounded french soldiers. whilst in thornby, volunteers spoke of their admiration for captain john armitage, who fell fig

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