Jerwood Gallery in Hastings, England, has been lent a second portrait of the First World War soldier Norman Kohnstamm, reuniting the portraits after almost one hundred years.
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Giant painting of First World War naval commanders restored to view at London’s National Portrait Gallery
A vast painting of Britain’s First World War naval commanders is back on show at the National Portrait Gallery in London for the first time since the 1960s.
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Medals on show at The British Museum reveal German view of First World War
As part of the First World War Centenary commemorations, the British Museum in London is looking at the German experience of the conflict with an exhibition of medals made by artists.
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Historian’s Centenary mission to find 10,000 World War One memorials across America
Washington Art historian Mark Levitch has embarked on an ambitious Memorial Inventory Project to uncover the 10,000 or more American World War One memorials scattered across the country.
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Historian’s Centenary mission to find 10,000 World War One memorials across America
Washington Art historian Mark Levitch has embarked on an ambitious Memorial Inventory Project to uncover the 10,000 or more American World War One memorials scattered across the country.
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BBC Radio 3 to mark First World War Centenary with special programme season
Two weeks of special programmes are to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3, telling the story of the First World War through the music of the time.
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Trentino remembers La Guerra Bianca as it prepares for the Centenary
Mike Swain reports on plans underway in Trentino, northern Italy, to mark the ‘White War’, which saw thousands of Austro-Hungarian and Italian troops engage in the mountains.
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Trentino remembers La Guerra Bianca as it prepares for the Centenary
Mike Swain reports on plans underway in Trentino, northern Italy, to mark the 'White War', which saw thousands of Austro-Hungarian and Italian troops engage in the mountains.
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Australian and New Zealand radio stations launch composer competition for Gallipoli Centenary
Two radio stations – one in Australia and one in New Zealand – have launched a competition asking composers to submit original compositions to mark the Centenary of the Gallipoli landings.
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Twin sculptures at St. Paul’s Cathedral commemorate First World War Centenary
Twin sculptures have been installed at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London to mark 100 years since the start of the First World War.
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