Rare moments of First World War humour are recaptured for the centenary of the Wipers Times, a satirical newspaper founded by two British army officers in Ypres in February 1916.
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Song released for memorial to African & Caribbean veterans of both world wars
A fund-raising single has been released by the Nubian Jak Community Trust in the UK in aid of a new memorial honouring African and Caribbean troops who fought for Britain in the First and Second World Wars.
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‘Remnants’ – Review of South African artist’s Somme exhibition in Boston
Susan Werbe reviews ‘Remnants’, artist Paul Emmanuel’s installation remembering the missing soldiers of the Somme, at Boston University’s 808 Gallery in the United States.
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‘Remnants’ – Review of South African artist’s Somme exhibition in Boston
Susan Werbe reviews 'Remnants', artist Paul Emmanuel's installation remembering the missing soldiers of the Somme, at Boston University's 808 Gallery in the United States.
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Somme Centenary – Battlefield photos for City of London exhibition, June 2016
Michael St Maur Sheil’s evocative photographs of First World War landscapes return to London in June 2016 for an exhibition in Guildhall Yard marking the Battle of the Somme Centenary.
Continue readingWilfred Owen’s birthday marked with arts festival
18th March 2016 marks 123 years since the birth of Wilfred Owen. To commemorate the Great War poet’s birthday, the UK museum dedicated to his memory is hosting a festival in his honour.
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Berlin photo exhibition remembers Battle of Verdun
Pictures of Verdun by British photographer Michael St Maur Sheil are displayed at a Franco-German exhibition in Berlin marking the centenary of the 1916 First World War battle.
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Somme Centenary – 2016 cultural programme at Péronne WW1 museum
Conferences focussing on the German occupation of the Somme and France’s role in the 1916 offensive feature in a centenary cultural programme organised by the Museum of the Great War, Péronne.
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Major Austrian exhibition marks Emperor Franz Joseph death centenary
Emperor Franz Joseph’s 68-year reign is re-examined with simultaneous exhibitions in and around Vienna marking the centenary of his death during the First World War.
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Shell shock on the Somme – Centenary News speaks to Taylor Downing, author of ‘Breakdown’
Centenary News’ Books Editor, Eleanor Baggley, talks to Taylor Downing about Breakdown, his new book focusing on ‘the Crisis of Shell Shock on the Somme’, and how it challenged preconceived notions of mental illness.
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