A report from a Reuters Newsmaker Event in New York, planned and moderated by Sir Harold Evans, and attended by former U.S Secretaries of State Dr Henry Kissinger and Dr Madeleine Albright.
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Archive film release gives UK cinema audiences chance to see 1914 screen hits
A special compilation of films which would have entertained cinema-goers in 1914 has been produced by the British Film Institute National Archive.
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France thanks First World War allies with Champs Elysées photo exhibition
Paris will pay tribute to soldiers from home and abroad who fell fighting for the freedom of France in the First World War with an exhibition of 100 photos on the Champs Elysées.
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Centenary Requiem for Australia’s First World War dead to have Sydney premiere
The premiere of the first Australian musical composition commemorating those who fell in the Great War will be performed by Sydney University Graduate Choir on August 10th 2014.
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‘Great War/Great Read’ – exploring classic writing of the First World War in Kansas City
An American initiative encouraging people to explore the classic literature of the First World War is being launched in Kansas City by the National World War 1 Museum and Kansas City Public Library.
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Centenary News looks ahead to new BBC drama following British soldiers in action on the Western Front
The BBC is dramatising three key moments for British troops fighting on the Western Front in a drama series starting in August 2014 to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. Peter Alhadeff reports.
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Centenary News looks ahead to new BBC drama following British soldiers in action on the Western Front
The BBC is dramatising three key moments for British troops fighting on the Western Front in a drama series starting in August 2014 to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. Peter Alhadeff reports.
Continue readingFrance thanks First World War allies with Champs Elysées photo exhibition
Paris will pay tribute to soldiers from home and abroad who fell fighting for the freedom of France in the First World War with an exhibition of 100 photos on the Champs Elysées.
Continue readingWilfred Owen’s First World War poetry returns to Craiglockhart in Centenary musical performance
Bullets and Daffodils, a musical based on Wilfred Owen's First World War poetry, is to be performed at Craiglockhart in Edinburgh, scene of his inspirational meeting with Siegfried Sassoon.
Continue readingCentenary Requiem dedicated to Australia’s First World War dead to have Sydney premiere
The premiere of the first Australian musical composition commemorating those who fell in the Great War will be performed by Sydney University Graduate Choir on August 10th 2014.
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