Repeat: The Lights Out project is inspired by then foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey’s remark at the outbreak of the First World War that: ‘The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.’ The event, at 11pm on August 4, is part of a nationwide series of works announced yesterday by Culture Secretary Maria Miller.
The Lights Out project is inspired by then foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey’s remark at the outbreak of the First World War that: ‘The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.’ The event, at 11pm on August 4, is part of a nationwide series of works announced yesterday by Culture Secretary Maria Miller.