Articles – Page 19 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 1, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New computer app to explore Wilfred Owen’s First World War poetry

The technology of the computer app is being harnessed to explore the works of the First World War poet, Wilfred Owen, in the Centenary year of the conflict.

May 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘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.

May 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘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".

May 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

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.

May 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

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.

May 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Warfare historian hits out at “gimmicks” used to remember First World War centenary

Dr Clare Makepeace says plans to remember the Christmas Truce with a football match are turning the Centenary into nothing more than a series of gimmicks.

May 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Lives of the First World War remembered forever in Centenary online memorial

Families can remember for forever their ancestors who served in the First World War in what is being billed as the biggest online project of the Centenary.

May 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Plans for restored London First World War bus to return to France and Belgium

A First World War London open-topped bus has been restored with the aim of returning it to the battlefields of France and Belgium in a “magical” Centenary tour.

May 14, 2014 CN Editorial Team

President of Portugal’s Centenary Commission talks to Centenary News

The President of Portugal’s First World War Centenary Commission, Lieutenant-General Mário de Oliveira Cardoso, has spoken to Centenary News about his country’s plans to mark the Centenary.

May 15, 2014 CN Editorial Team

RAF Museum creates new exhibition to tell the ‘often overlooked’ story of air power in the First World War

The Royal Air Force Museum is developing a new exhibition to explore the growth of air power in the First World War, from early reconnaissance flights to the coordinated use of aircraft and artillery.