Dr. Jillian Davidson reports for Centenary News on a symposium held in Halifax, Canada, about how the First World War is remembered in the 21st century.
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Opinion: The True Causes of World War One discussed for Centenary News
Alan Paton writes for Centenary News in an opinion article which explores the “true causes of World War One”, analysing the roles which all the major powers played.
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Popular cartoons give a different insight into attitudes towards First World War
Mike Swain reports on an exhibition of popular First World War cartoons in London which reveals a different insight into the attitudes of people to the war on the battlefield and at home.
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Pilot’s diaries reveal a bond between First World War enemies
Heather Payton writes for Centenary News about an extraordinary example of First World War cooperation between British and German troops, uncovered by research in Wales.
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Giant photographs of pebble reflect “traumatised” landscape of war
Mike Swain visits Orford Ness nature reserve on the British Suffolk coast to see an exhibition of unusual photographs by installation artist Anya Gallaccio of a pebble picked from a bombing range.
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Sex and the Somme. Soldiers visited brothels to escape the “lunatic world of war.”
Mike Swain listens to a lunchtime lecture given by UCL Teaching Fellow Dr Clare Makepeace entitled “Sex and the Somme” about the hundreds of thousands of First World War soldiers who used brothels.
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Education in Germany before and after the First World War – part two
Centenary News contributor Claire Wotherspoon continues her series on German education with an article on what happened in schools after the First World War
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The Western Front Association East Coast Branch convenes its first event of the Centenary
Dr. Jillian Davidson writes for Centenary News about the Western Front Association East Coast symposium – a biannual meeting of the American WFA.
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New York Historical Society marks Centenary of American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Dr. Jillian Davidson writes about the impact of the First World War on the Jews and expresses her opinions on the work of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
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Model project to remember every First World War serviceman from East Belfast
Historian Jason Burke writes for Centenary News about a project to compile a database of every serviceman from East Belfast who served in the First World War and the hope it will be a model for others.
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