To Initiate the Memory Maps project a group of contemporary song writers and poets were asked to begin the process of writing about Essex. They have responded to different works and images in a range of media: drawings, watercolours, oil sketches and portraits, as well as embroideries and wall-paper, clothes, silverware and carvings. It is hoped that they will inspire you to start making your own memory maps.
Memory Maps: 'Donald Davie and Boris Pasternak: Essex and Russia' by Angela Livingstone
An article by Angela Livingstone, Emeritus Professor of Literature at the University of Essex, that looks at the in…
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Memory Maps: Six poems by Donald Davie
Six poems by Donald Davie, from his 1969 book Essex Poems. The poems are about places – in particular places in or …
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Memory Maps: Three poems by Elaine Jordan
Three poems by Elaine Jordan, about Alresford, Essex.
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Memory Maps: 'Elementary Maps', by Philip Terry
Inspired by the watery estuarine landscapes of East Anglia, Philip Terry wanted to record them in their specificity…
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Memory Maps: 'Elementary Estuaries', by Philip Terry
33 poems by Philip Terry from a planned series of 50, still in progress, to be composed around estuary walks in Ess…
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Memory Maps: 'A13, Trunk Road to the Sea' by Billy Bragg
For as long as I can remember, whenever my father and uncles spoke lovingly of their motorbikes, of speed and the w…
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Memory Maps: 'Roadworks' by Adrian May
In 1987, as a songwriter and solo performer on the folk music scene in England, I felt the need to find a new theme…
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Memory Maps: About the project
The Memory Maps project is about people and their relationship with place. It is about objects that are associated …
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Memory Maps: Objects connected to Essex
This selection of objects from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum have a range of connections with Essex and its history, sometimes of a very unexpected nature.
Photographs by Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Philip-Lorca diCorcia made the Hollywood series (also known as The Hustlers) in an area of Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, frequented by male prostitutes and drug addicts.
Conservation of the 'May Primrose' wedding dress
The wedding dress of May Primrose became part of the Textile and Dress Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1990. It was made in 1885 for her marriage to Henry Littledale. It is an invaluable example of the height of mid-1880s fashion.
Memory Maps reading list
A selection of books and artists associated with Essex.
Memory Maps: Historical writing about Essex
A small selection of historical texts connected to Essex.
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