Arena (1975)

Art & Design: Both Sides of the Line (1977x17)

Air date: Apr 06, 1977

In April 1917, the poet Edward Thomas was killed by a shell in his dug-out at Arras, France; bBehind the German lines was a young artist, Helmut Weissenborn. Now 79 and living in England, Weissenborn shows Arena how he recently illustrated with wood engravings the hitherto unpublished war diary of Edward Thomas.