Arts & Culture – Page 17 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 2, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Double honours for First World War soldier’s story at IWM film awards

A film re-imagining the letters sent home by a British First World War soldier as a series of tweets has won two awards at the Imperial War Museum’s 2014 Short Film Festival.

December 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New exhibitions at Manchester Art Gallery: ‘The Sensory War’ and ‘Heaven in a Hell of War’

Two new exhibitions have been launched at Manchester Art Gallery to mark the First World War Centenary: ‘The Sensory War 1914-2014’ and ‘Stanley Spencer: Heaven in a Hell of War’.

December 4, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Artist and museum collaborate on First World War centenary exhibition

New Zealand Artist, Michael Parekowhai, has collaborated with Auckland War Memorial Museum for the First World War Centenary Exhibition.

December 10, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Beyond lecture series: “Feeding the Enemy – The Hidden History of the CRB”

As part of the 'Beyond the 1914-1918 Centenary' lecture series, author Gerry Docherty gave a presentation on the 'hidden history' of the Commission for the Relief of Belgium (CRB).

December 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Trench Brothers’ teaches schoolchildren about ethnic minority soldiers in the First World War

‘Trench Brothers’ is a First World War project for UK primary schools focusing on the role of ethnic minority soldiers and introducing the war through specially designed cross-curricular activities and lessons.

December 15, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘All Together Now’ – Christmas truce song aims for Number One in the charts

‘All Together Now’, the hit single inspired by the Christmas truce, has been released as a new track to mark the centenary of the 1914 ceasefires on the Western Front.

December 19, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Chor Leoni presents All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 (Vancouver, Canada)

Chor Leoni and actors present a commemoration of the Christmas Truce.

End Date: 21 Dec 2014

December 22, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Christmas truce: street art marks Centenary in London and Berlin

German and British street artists have worked together on twinned projects in London and Berlin to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1914 Christmas truce.

January 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

New exhibition: ‘Politics & Sacrifice: NSW Parliament and the Anzacs’

The Parliament of New South Wales will mark the Centenary with a free public exhibition titled 'Politics & Sacrifice: NSW Parliament and the Anzacs', exploring the political aspects of the Great War.

End Date: 30 Apr 2015

January 9, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown Blog Posting for December 2014

The latest Centennial Countdown posting by the American First World War blogger Dennis Cross – covering December 1914.