“No day shall erase you from the memory of time”
From Virgil’s Aeneid, inscribed at the 9/11 Memorial Museum

“I wasn’t flying that day, was at home in my PJs, watching it unfold live on TV while my flight attendant girlfriend got ready to fly a trip to New York. Turned out neither of us flew anywhere for a few days”
– An unnamed pilot

“If September 11th has taught us anything, it’s certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible now to be an island of prosperity in a sea of despair”
– Bono

“Remember the hours after Sept 11 when we came together as one! It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us”
— John Kerry

“If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate”
— Sandy Dahl, wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl

“Now, we have inscribed a new memory alongside those others. It’s a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But not only of loss and mourning. It’s also a memory of bravery and self-sacrifice, and the love that lays down its life for a friend – even a friend whose name it never knew”
— George W. Bush

“The September 11th tragedy forced us all to look at the world in a different way, and it reminds us all of the importance of living every moment”
– Joanne Woodward, actress

“September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world”
– Tom Ford

“I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of September 11th is offensive to me”
– Lena Dunham

“I interview a woman from Queens; a mother. Her son is a firefighter, and they still can’t account for him. She starts crying, and I start crying too, and I can’t stop shaking. I don’t know if I can do this anymore”
– Janice in Come From Away

“That’s how New Yorkers feel,” the driver said. “They know what bombing looks like, and they know the hell it is. But outside New York, people will feel guilty because they weren’t here. They’ll be yelling for revenge out of guilt and ignorance. Sure, we all want to catch the criminals, but only people who weren’t in New York will want to bomb another country and repeat what happened here”
– Gloria Steinem

“Pictures on the nightstand
TV’s on in the den
Your house is waiting
Your house is waiting
For you to walk in
For you to walk in
But you’re missing
You’re missing
You’re missing when I shut out the lights
You’re missing when I close my eyes
You’re missing when I see the sunrise
You’re missing”– Bruce Springsteen, You’re Missing, from The Rising

“Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honour those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11”
— Barack Obama

“Never forget”
9/11 Memorial & Museum

25th anniversary of 9/11

Star violinist with BSO

TAMSIN Waley-Cohen, one of the country’s finest violinists joins the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for two concerts, at Weymouth Pavilion on Thursday 10th September and Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple, on Monday 14th.

The soloist, who is artistic director of Devo Two Moors Festival (1st to 11th October), will be playing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto and Massenet’s beautiful Meditation from Thaïs.

The programme, conducted by BSO’s incoming Calleva Assistant Conductor, and one of Classic FM’s Rising Stars of 2026, Michal Oren, is entitled Darkness to Light, charting a journey of spiritual awakening.

The other works are Vaughan-Williams’ Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, a nostalgic piece built around variants of English folk tunes, and Bizet’s Symphony in C, youthful, euphoric and written when the composer was just 17.

For parents wishing to introduce youngsters to the magic of live music, Queen’s Theatre in Barnstaple offers “Kids for a £1″ tickets, with a paying adult.

BSO chief executive Dougie Scarfe says: “This special concert really showcases the beauty of the violin and we’re looking forward to sharing this programme of enduringly popular music, featuring Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Michel Oren, when we visit Barnstaple and Weymouth.”

Living up to its name as the orchestra of the South West, the BSO tours with about 80 per cent of its events beyond its base at Poole’s Lighthouse arts centre. Known for championing the role of culture in people’s lives, it is resident in Bristol, Exeter, Portsmouth, Southampton and Yeovil, and performs in towns and villages across the region. It is the largest performing organisation in the South West of England, serving one of the biggest and most diverse regions in the UK

Pictured: Tamsin Waley-Cohen © Nada Navaee