United Kingdom – Page 38 – First World War Centenary News Archive

February 18, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Letters written by students from First World War battlefields to their professor exhibited

Mike Swain reports on a new exhibition of letters – written by students to their professor during the First World War – which is being held at the University of Manchester's John Rylands Library.

February 21, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Whitehall debate hears call to challenge First World War myths

Centenary News Deputy Editor, Mike Swain, reports from a debate held in Whitehall, London, on the First World War Centenary and whether it is relevant to our lives today.

February 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary Chorus launches – 600 international young singers to perform at the Royal Albert Hall

Sing UK is bringing together a chorus of young people from four of the former combatant nations of the First World War – Belgium, England, France and Germany – for a special Centenary concert.

February 24, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Southwark Cathedral launch of ‘The Church of England and the First World War’

Southwark Cathedral in London will host the launch of the reprint of The Church of England and the First World War, by Canon Alan Wilkinson.

February 27, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Schools and the Great War Centenary’ conference, Wellington College

Wellington College in England is organising a conference entitled: ‘Schools and the Great War Centenary: How Schools Should Best Prepare’, with speakers including the UK’s Special Representative for the Centenary, Sir Hew Strachan and Jeremy Paxman.

End Date: 13 Mar 2014

February 27, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘The Great War in Portraits’ exhibition, The National Portrait Gallery, London

The National Portrait Gallery in London will be holding an exhibition – The Great War in Portraits.

February 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

British Library hosts: ‘The First World War: The Debate’

The British Library has organised a debate focusing on the First World War in light of the upcoming Centenary, with a panel of academics discussing the conflict.

February 28, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Experiences of World War One: strangers, differences and locality’ workshop, University of London

The British Association for Local History and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies are organising a workshop about the First World War.

March 2, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Sir Max Hastings and Niall Ferguson: Was Britain right to fight in World War One?

As part of the BBC’s World War One season to mark the Centenary, historians Sir Max Hastings and Niall Ferguson have laid out different viewpoints on Britain’s role in the conflict.

March 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Exploring the human face of the First World War at London’s National Portrait Gallery

A special exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London explores the horror and tragedy of the First World War in the faces of those who fought and died.