Vimy Ridge Memorial: stone with a story.(Essay)

Queen's Quarterly;  December 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......But we've heard little about Walter S. Allward, the genius of a sculptor behind the bold...of Electra sheds new lights on Vimy and Allward's passionate views on the unspeakable...a thing of the present and future. If Allward shatters old architectural trends in monument...

Hard times at Vimy Ridge.

Esprit de Corps;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......fall to scout out the quarry. WALTER ALLWARD'S DREAM Soaring above the Douai...commemorate their war dead. Created by Walter Allward, a Toronto sculptor and architect...picture accompanied the story, Walter Allward in Toronto was so relieved that...

Allward, Walter Seymour

Canadian Encyclopedia;      469 words ...CHRISTINE BOYANOSKI Canadian Encyclopedia 01-01-2002 Allward, Walter Seymour Author: CHRISTINE BOYANOSKI Allward, Walter Seymour , sculptor (b at Toronto 18 Nov 1876; d there 24 April 1955.) Known as "Allward of Vimy," Walter Allward gained his reputation largely on the basis of ...

Television Review

The Independent - London;  August 7, 2000 ;     497 words ......film was narrated and directed by Cassie Allward. According to her, it all started when...repellently self-regarding film about Allward's relationship with the two men. Shortly...didn't back this up: as he admitted to Allward, on their first night together he had...

Mirror M@ilbox: Stamp duty.(Features)

The Mirror (London, England);  November 27, 2001 ;     76 words ...Byline: Mrs M Allward A FRIEND sent me a birthday card which was a bit larger than normal. She put a first-class stamp on...delivering on time and before 9.30am. But will we be getting a penalty payment for late delivery? Mrs M Allward, Bristol

Increase in Low Temperatures

NPR Morning Edition;  January 8, 1999 ;     700+ words ......scenarios. The lead writer is Richard Allward (ph) of the University of Nebraska, who...grasslands in the Great Plains. RICHARD ALLWARD, UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA; LEAD WRITER OF...changes in minimum temperatures. NIELSEN: Allward says blue grama is far and away the most...

Hearts of stone: quarrying the Canadian Shield in recent Canadian women's...

International Fiction Review;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Becker, disguised as a man, assists Canadian sculptor Walter Allward in carving the names of the fallen, including her...France, like fossils in the rock. Urquhart quotes Walter Allward's statement as an epigraph to The Stone Carvers: I...

The Stone Carvers.(Book Review)

Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal;  June 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ......small Ontario town to their involvement in the construction of Walter Allward's memorial to the Canadian war dead at Vimy, France. Urqhart...else into its rooms. And of course, the massive efforts of Allward himself, forcing bureaucracy, time, and the earth itself to...

`The Stone Carvers' by Jane Urquhart; Viking.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 31, 2002 ;     530 words ......near Arras, France, erected by sculptor Walter Allward in honor of the 11,000 Canadians who...souls find their way to Vimy to work on Allward's sculpture alongside other immigrants...obviously did prodigious research on the Allward memorial. And she has great affection...

Allward nets the winner

Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  December 5, 2007 ;     78 words ...Jack Allward's 87th-minute goal gave Mangotsfield United a deserved victory over former...it took until three minutes from time for Mangotsfield to find a winner. Allward struck with an inswinging free-kick after substitute Chris Douglas was...

Football: Allward strike sinks Rugby.(Sport)

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  March 28, 2007 ;     258 words ......Town 0 MANGOTSFIELD snatched a single goal victory in the 62nd minute of a reasonably even match-up at Cossham Street. Jack Allward was the scorer after the home side had broken quickly from a Rugby corner, stabbing home after the Valley defence had twice...

Thompson ends his pursuit of allward

Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  December 22, 2007 ;     520 words ......dropped his interest in signing Mangotsfield United defender Jack Allward after Yate had put in seven days' notice of approach for him...Mangotsfield United (from): Rendell, Arndale, Milsom, Thorne, Allward, Wilmot, Mowatt, Ballinger, Morrisey, Griffin, Criddle, Kilgour...

Right of Reply: Cassie Allward The documentary film-maker responds to...

The Independent - London;  August 17, 2000 ;     268 words ......in her own film. What was was described as a "self-conscious, self-indulgent and often repellently self-regarding film about Allward's relationship with the two men" was in fact an example of dead-pan irony about the subjectivity of documentary film-making...

Tidy lessons

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 19, 2002 ;     539 words ......near Arras, France, erected by sculptor Walter Allward in honor of the 11,000 Canadians who...souls find their way to Vimy to work on Allward's sculpture alongside other immigrants...obviously did prodigious research on the Allward memorial. And she has great affection...

Carving a tale of obsession

New Straits Times;  January 9, 2002 ;     685 words ......immigrants, who plays a pivotal role later on in the story. Also playing a small but vital role is historical figure Walter Allward, the Toronto sculptor who designed the Canadian war memorial at Vimy Ridge, in France, to honour Canada's casualties...