Arts & Culture – Page 26 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – Battle’s End poppy tribute in Folkestone

Hundreds of metal poppies were ‘planted’ in the former WW1 Channel port of Folkestone on 19 November to mark the conclusion of the Battle of the Somme 100 years ago.

November 19, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Shrouds of the Somme’ – Artist’s Centenary tribute in Bristol

As the 2016 Somme commemorations draw to a close, Centenary News finds the public deeply moved during another display of the ‘Shrouds of the Somme’ installation following its July debut in Exeter.

November 29, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Oxford seminars to explore ‘how we can best commemorate war’

Leading figures from the arts and politics will discuss post-war commemoration and reconciliation at a series of seminars in 2017-18, Oxford University announces.

December 9, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Focus on Prague photographer’s tribute to the Czechoslovak Legionnaires

Centenary News views Milan Kabelka’s photos, evoking actions fought by Czech and Slovak volunteers who sided with the Allies in pursuit of independence.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

December 9, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Focus on Prague photographer’s tribute to the Czechoslovak Legionnaires

Centenary News views Milan Kabelka's photos, evoking actions fought by Czech and Slovak volunteers who sided with the Allies in pursuit of independence.

January 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Book launch – ‘National Myth & the First World War in Modern Popular Music’

A new book exploring how the First World War has influenced songwriters from the 1950s to the present day will be launched with a lecture by author Peter Grant in London on 7 March 2017.

January 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘The Earth Remembers’ – Arras honours New Zealand tunnellers for 2017 Centenary

A new memorial honouring New Zealand’s WW1 tunnellers is due to be inaugurated during the Battle of Arras Centenary commemorations in France in April 2017.

January 18, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘War in the Sunshine: The British in Italy 1917-18’

An exhibition at the Estorick Collection in London offers a rare glimpse of Britain’s First World War Italian campaign, writes CN Editor Peter Alhadeff.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

January 18, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘War in the Sunshine: The British in Italy 1917-18’

An exhibition at the Estorick Collection in London offers a rare glimpse of Britain's First World War Italian campaign, writes CN Editor Peter Alhadeff.

January 21, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Poppy seeds highlight WW1 Centennial on US Inauguration Day

US Centennial Commission volunteers handed out Flanders poppy seeds during the Presidential inauguration in Washington to raise awareness of America’s forthcoming Great War commemorations.