Heather Payton writes for Centenary News about an extraordinary example of First World War cooperation between British and German troops, uncovered by research in Wales.
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Serbian President opens First World War Literature exhibition in Belgrade
Serbia’s President, Tomislav Nikoli, has opened an exhibition focussing on Serbian First World War literature at Belgrade City Library.
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Giant photographs of pebble reflect “traumatised” landscape of war
Mike Swain visits Orford Ness nature reserve on the British Suffolk coast to see an exhibition of unusual photographs by installation artist Anya Gallaccio of a pebble picked from a bombing range.
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Giant photographs of pebble reflect “traumatised” landscape of war
Mike Swain visits Orford Ness nature reserve on the British Suffolk coast to see an exhibition of unusual photographs by installation artist Anya Gallaccio of a pebble picked from a bombing range.
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Australia and Canada to mark First World War Centenary
Australia’s Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has announced that his country and Canada will co-operate to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
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Facing the Front: New Zealand’s Enduring First World War
The New Zealand Portrait Gallery has opened a new exhibition featuring objects and paintings relating to the First World War.
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America’s National World War I Museum to mark Archduke’s assassination
The National World War I Museum in Kansas City, USA, is holding a ceremony and programme of events on the 28th June to mark the Centenary of Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination.
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Pistol used by one of Archduke’s assassins on display at Museum of Military History in Vienna
One of the pistols used by the group of assassins involved in the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie has returned to the Museum of Military History in Vienna, Austria.
Continue reading‘The Great War: The Persuasive Power of Photography’, National Gallery of Canada
The National Gallery of Canada will be marking the Centenary of the outbreak of the First World War with an exhibition exploring the role of photography during the conflict.
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British Library exhibition: ‘Enduring War: Grief, Grit and Humour’
The British Library has developed an exhibition which explores how people in Britain coped with life during the First World War.
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