Centenary News visits a new exhibition at the Science Museum in London, highlighting the medical challenges posed by the advent of industrialised warfare in 1914-18.
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Painting the Somme – Centenary exhibition in London
Artist Hughie O’Donoghue talks to Patrick Gregory about ‘Seven Halts on the Somme’ – a special display of his paintings at Leighton House Museum, London.
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Painting the Somme – Centenary exhibition in London
Artist Hughie O'Donoghue talks to Patrick Gregory about 'Seven Halts on the Somme' – a special display of his paintings at Leighton House Museum, London.
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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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Somme exhibition tribute to New Zealander who fought for France
A new exhibition for the Somme Centenary aims to raise awareness of James Waddell, a much decorated New Zealander who served in the French Foreign Legion.
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‘Ambulance Trains’ – UK rail museum explores WW1 hospitals on wheels
A new exhibition focussing on the ambulance trains used to transport wounded First World War soldiers has opened at Britain’s National Railway Museum in York.
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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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Zeppelin crash centenary to be marked in UK village
The forced-landing of a German Zeppelin near the village of Little Wigorough in eastern England 100 years ago will be marked with a programme of events in September 2016.
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Surviving HMS Falmouth naval boat to be restored at Portsmouth
A ship’s boat from the British cruiser HMS Falmouth, torpedoed in the North Sea in August 1916, has arrived at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard for restoration.
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‘Cultural Exchange in a Time of Global Conflict’ – Call for community-led projects
Researchers based at King’s College London are offering an opportunity to showcase community-led projects focussing on the colonial or dominion contribution to the First World War.
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