News – Page 67 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Advertise on Centenary News

Centenary News has developed the website to allow advertisers who would like to promote their organisations, events or projects related to the First World War or the Centenary.

February 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Royal Alexandra and Albert School plans First World War Centenary commemorations

Schools across the world are planning to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War. One such school in England is planning a series of events and projects.

February 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Inside Ruhleben – The untold story of the First World War prison camp in the heart of Germany

The remarkable story of how more than 5,000 mainly British men spent the entire four years of the First World War held captive in the heart of Germany can be revealed by Centenary News.

February 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

First Minister of Wales unveils design for First World War memorial in Belgium

First Minister Carwyn Jones has unveiled the design of a new memorial to commemorate Welsh soldiers who fought during the First World War.

February 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Trent to Trenches: Great War Centenary Weekend, Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire’s Centenary programme, Trent to Trenches, will include a “commemorative living history event” on the 100th anniversary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination.

February 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Ten interpretations of who started the First World War

The BBC has published a feature in which ten academics are asked their opinions on who “started” the First World War.

February 13, 2014 CN Editorial Team

British Council report “confirms low levels of knowledge about the international aspects of the First World War”

The British Council has commissioned a report, entitled, Remember the World as well as the War, which states that the UK public has a “limited” knowledge of the First World War’s global dimension and its legacy.

February 15, 2014 CN Editorial Team

First World War paintings in Greenwich “War Artists at Sea” exhibition

Paintings from the First World War are featured in a series of exhibitions depicting warfare at sea which has opened at Royal Museums Greenwich in London.

February 16, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Artist Stanley Spencer’s First World War masterpieces go on show in UK city of Chichester

A touring exhibition of First World War murals by the acclaimed British artist, Stanley Spencer, can now be seen at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, West Sussex.

February 17, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Historians to commemorate Centenary at Franschhoek Literary Festival, South Africa

The Franschhoek Literary Festival, which is held annually in South Africa, will mark the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War as it is joined by historians Margaret Macmillan and Norman Stone.

End Date: 18 May 2014