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Re-Live
@re-live.bsky.social
Arts in Health charity based in Wales. Co-creating life story arts projects. Working alongside older people, people living with dementia, military veterans, perinatal women and people at the end of life www.re-live.org.uk https://linktr.ee/relive_arts
Coming Home comic 2, sharing LGBTQ+ veterans' stories is on permanent display at Imperial War Museums London & Manchester.

Made with @fightingwithpride.bsky.social Supported by Armed Forces Cov Fund Trust, Veterans Foundation @cgf-uk.bsky.social Arts Council of Wales

Cover by @edfirth.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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With solid art which vary from stylized to realistic (see the pages below, by Ed Firth and Anna Readman), the life stories of the four people who volunteered to reveal their struggles become well-made comics with feelings.
This comic is available from the publisher, @re-live.bsky.social.
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June 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Coming Home #2, drawn by @edfirth.bsky.social, Anna Readman, Ria Grix and AJ O’Neill.
This moving comic features the stories of four gay, lesbian and trans British soldiers who had to face the gay & lesbian ban in the UK lifted in 2000.
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Coming Home comic - Issue 2 — Re-Live
Coming Home comic Issue 2 shares stories from LGBTQ+ veterans who experienced life in the Armed Forces before the lifting of the ‘gay ban’ in 2000. Made in partnership with Fighting With Pride, the LG...
www.re-live.org.uk
June 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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I'll be speaking on this panel @cartoonmuseum.bsky.social in June, grab yourself a ticket and pop along as we discuss how we made ReLive's new biographical comic anthology Coming Home.
London friends The Cartoon Museum host a panel about LGBTQ+ veterans comic Coming Home #2 on June 26th www.cartoonmuseum.org/whats-on-eve... Guests inc. storytellers from @fightingwithpride.bsky.social + artists @edfirth.bsky.social @sitdownaj.bsky.social & Anna Readman. @cartoonmuseum.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM
London friends The Cartoon Museum host a panel about LGBTQ+ veterans comic Coming Home #2 on June 26th www.cartoonmuseum.org/whats-on-eve... Guests inc. storytellers from @fightingwithpride.bsky.social + artists @edfirth.bsky.social @sitdownaj.bsky.social & Anna Readman. @cartoonmuseum.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Delighted to launch Creating Life Story Theatre: A Guide for Applied Theatre Practitioners published by Bloomsbury (Methuen Drama).
A guide to exploring lived experiences through theatre and the arts & a history of Re-Live's work with under-represented communities.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/creating-...
Creating Life Story Theatre
Balancing practical exercises and case studies, this book equips practitioners, students and academics with guidance for exploring the process of making theatre…
www.bloomsbury.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Coming Home issue 2, Re-Live's co-created comic sharing true stories of LGBTQ+ veterans is available now through comic shops.

Great to see it in the wild on the shelves of Forbidden Planet, Cardiff. Our storytellers are alongside Spider-Man, Batman, Wonder Woman and all the other superheroes!
February 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Great opportunity for socially engaged arts orgs in the UK & Europe! A new Fellowship to support leaders in the field.

💡 What’s on offer?
➡️ €60,000 grant
➡️ 1:1 mentoring
➡️ A network of brilliant changemakers

Application deadline: Monday 24 February

More info: allianceforsociallyengagedarts.org
Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts
At the Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts, we champion the power of socially engaged arts in driving positive social change across Europe.
allianceforsociallyengagedarts.org
January 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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We read Coming Home #2 at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social and can confirm it's a fantastic book. We are huge fans of the work that @re-live.bsky.social are doing - the fact that it also produces some compelling comics is a happy side effect. Ask your comic store to order you a copy!
December 30, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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