Victoria Rigby

A moving and unforgettable portrait of a Lincolnshire family during the First World War. Told from the home front, it is based on an unpublished archive of letters, memoirs, photographs and artefacts from the Crowder family.

A young lady is cursed to only see the world as reflected in a mirror and to weave images of what she sees using her loom. Inspiration for the visual imagery comes from the many Pre-Raphaelite paintings that the poem inspired, but most especially the paintings of the artist John William Waterhouse.

A penniless mother makes an impulsive decision in the jewellery shop where she works, and is propelled into a different world.