The UK WW1 Centenary arts programme, 14-18 NOW, is inviting expressions of interest from locations wanting to host the Tower of London poppy sculptures in 2017.
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The Absolutist
Publisher’s Description:’September 1919:20 year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian’s brother Will during the Great War but in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot as a traitor, an act which has brought shame and dishonour on the Bancroft family.But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan’s visit. He holds a secret deep in his soul. One that he is desperate to unburden himself of to Marian, if he can only find the courage.’
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UK acts to keep Lawrence of Arabia’s dagger and robes
The British Government has placed temporary export bans on a dagger and traditional robes worn by Lawrence of Arabia in the hope of finding a buyer to keep them in the UK.
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Western Front centenary focus for New Zealand in 2016
New Zealanders who fought at the Battle of the Somme will be remembered during the country’s 2016 programme of international First World War commemorations focussing on France and Belgium.
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Australia accused of British ‘ban’ at Fromelles Centenary
Australia has been accused of excluding British soldiers’ descendants from commemorations marking the Battle of Fromelles Centenary in 2016, press reports say.
Continue readingFrance prepares for Verdun Centenary – February 2016
France embarks on a year of commemorations in February 2016, marking the Centenary of the Battle of Verdun.
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Three Soldiers
Publisher’s Description:’Hailed as a masterpiece on its original publication in 1921, Three Soldiers is a gripping exploration of fear and ambition, conformity and rebellion, desertion and violence, and the brutal and dehumanizing effects of a regimented war machine on ordinary soldiers.’
Continue reading1915: The Death of Innocence
Publisher’s Description:’By the end of 1914, the battered British forces were bogged down, yet hopeful that promised reinforcements and spring weather would soon lead to a victorious breakthrough. A year later, after appalling losses at Aubers Ridge, Loos, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres and faraway Gallipoli, fighting seemed set to go on for ever. Drawing on extensive interviews, letters and diaries, this book brilliantly evokes the soldiers’ dogged heroism, sardonic humour and terrible loss of innocence through ‘a year of cobbling together, of frustration, of indecision’.’
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‘Forgotten Wrecks’ project remembers 1918 convoy tragedy
The loss of 34 crewmen in a collision with the world’s largest oil tanker in March 1918 is among the latest stories told as part of the Maritime Archaeology Trust’s ‘Forgotten Wrecks of the First World War’ project.
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British-German appeal to support Jutland Centenary memorial project
Relatives of the British and German commanders at the Battle of Jutland have made a joint appeal for donations to support the construction of a ‘lasting memorial’ on Denmark’s North Sea coast.
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