Centenary News looks back at some of many events in 2017 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War.
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Tag: Arts & Culture
‘Making a New World’ – 2018 Centenary events coming up at IWM
As well as displaying the Tower of London Poppies, Imperial War Museums announce they will also hold a programme of special events in 2018 to close their First World War Centenary commemorations.
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Final Tower Poppies tour venues named
Six cities are to host the Tower of London Poppies in 2018, the last year of their UK tour marking the First World War Centenary.
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2018 Events – ‘Shrouds of the Somme’ in Armistice Centenary tribute
British artist Rob Heard is individually stitching more than 72,000 shrouded figures to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armistice ending the First World War.
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Two commemorative quilts designed and handmade by 130 Monmouthshire schoolchildren for the First World War Centenary are on display at the Welsh Assembly's Pierhead Futures Gallery.
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The Great War Symphony – a ‘Monument in Music’ for the Centenary
Centenary News has listened in to recording of ‘The Great War Symphony’ – a new choral work specially written for the closing WW1 commemorations by British composer Patrick Hawes.
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100 Years Ago: ‘In Flanders Fields’ poet John McCrae dies
The Canadian doctor, soldier and poet who wrote In Flanders Fields died in France on 28 January 1918. Author Chris Dickon reflects on John McCrae’s life and legacy.
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100 Years Ago: ‘In Flanders Fields’ poet John McCrae dies
The Canadian doctor, soldier and poet who wrote In Flanders Fields died in France on 28 January 1918. Author Chris Dickon reflects on John McCrae's life and legacy.
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CWGC Article: Film producer Guy de Beaujeu on ‘Journey’s End’
Producer Guy de Beaujeu writes for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission about the latest screen adaptation of RC Sheriff's classic play, Journey's End.
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WW1 ‘Tommies’ launch final year Centenary campaign
Life-size figures of British soldiers are appearing as part of a new charity art project -There But Not There – commemorating the 2018 centenary of the end of the First World War.
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