Australia Post has released its first commemorative stamp to mark the Centenary of the First World War, with more to follow over the next four years.
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Exhibition: ‘Over By Christmas: August-December 1914’ at the National World War I Museum, USA
A new exhibition at the National World War One Museum in Kansas City examines how the romantic notions of war clashed with the harsh realities of conflict during the first five months of the First World War.
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PEN promotes writers of the Great War among its voices On The Edge
Centenary News’ Dr. Jillian Davidson reports on the 10th Annual World Voices Festival of International Literature in NYC (April 28-May 4), organised by PEN.
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‘Why is Canada botching the Great War Centenary?’
Historian J.L. Granatstein writes for The Globe and Mail about the apparent lack of "new money" for Canada's First World War Centenary commemorations.
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‘Consciously or unconsciously, the French have the Great War in their hearts’
An article in The Irish Times highlights the arguments of France's pre-eminent First World War historian, Professor Jean-Jacques Becker, who believes that "consciously or unconsciously, the French have the Great War in their hearts".
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PEN promotes writers of the Great War among its voices On The Edge
Centenary News' Dr. Jillian Davidson reports on the 10th Annual World Voices Festival of International Literature in NYC (April 28-May 4), organised by PEN.
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Turkish PM offers “condolences” for the “events of 1915”, while Armenia accuses Ankara of “genocide denial”
On the 23rd April 2014, Turkey’s Prime Minister offered his “condolences” to Armenians who had family members that died during what the Prime Minister described as “the events of 1915”.
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Power of theatre brings experiences of World War One to modern audiences
An American theatre company has created a multi-media performance which bears witness to the cataclysmic events of World War One and pays tribute to the tragic losses of human potential on allsides.
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Power of theatre brings experiences of World War One to modern audiences
An American theatre company has created a multi-media performance which bears witness to the cataclysmic events of World War One and pays tribute to the tragic losses of human potential on all sides.
Continue readingExhibition: Total war and Austria-Hungary, Vienna
An exhibition at Vienna Technical Museum (Technisches Museum Wien), entitled Under the watchwords of war and technology, will explore the impact of total war on the battlefront to the home front on Austria-Hungary.
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