The Danger Tree, an interactive art exhibition commemorating the Battle of the Somme, opened at a 'pop-up' venue in Greenwich, London, on July 1st 2016.
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Centenary revival for First World War ‘Shakespeare Hut’
The story of a ‘forgotten’ building that entertained First World War soldiers with Shakespeare’s plays is being rediscovered for the Centenary.
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November exhibition focuses on New Zealand brothers’ WW1 naval sketches
Rare drawings of the First World War at sea by brothers Esmond and Hal Atkinson will be displayed at an exhibition in Petone, New Zealand, from 3-23 November 2016.
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Book Review – An American on the Western Front
‘A story both illuminating and intensely moving’ – CN reviewer Andy Moreton on this collection of the First World War letters of Californian student Clifford Kimber, edited and narrated by Patrick Gregory & Elizabeth Nurser.
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Munitions site protected in tribute to women killed in WW1 blast
The UK Government has protected the site of a First World War munitions factory in Leeds where 35 women were killed in an explosion in December 1916.
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Mission Centenaire seeks WW1 Centenary projects for 2017
French Centenary organisation Mission Centenaire has outlined major anniversary themes for 2017 as it invites next year’s WW1 projects to apply for endorsement.
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‘France at War’ – Kipling reports from the Front, 1915
Collector Andy Moreton delves into his prized copy of a book of reports from the Western Front by the British writer Rudyard Kipling.
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‘France at War’ – Kipling reports from the Front, 1915
Collector Andy Moreton delves into his prized copy of a book of reports from the Western Front by the British writer Rudyard Kipling.
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‘World War I and American Art’ – Centennial exhibition launching in Philadelphia
The first major exhibition devoted to exploring how American artists reacted to the First World War opens this week at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia.
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Poppies & Poems screened onto Big Ben for Remembrance Sunday
Falling poppies, coupled with war poems, were projected onto Big Ben in the latest of the UK Parliament’s WW1 Centenary tributes on Remembrance Sunday.
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