United Kingdom – Page 49 – First World War Centenary News Archive

May 29, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Opening of the Tank Museum’s ‘Warhorse to Horsepower’ exhibition

The Tank Museum in Dorset, England, has opened its new First World War exhibition to mark the Centenary of the conflict: Warhorse to Horsepower.

May 29, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Arthur Machen and his regret at starting the First World War myth of the Angels of Mons

Rosalie Parker, publicity officer of The Friends of Arthur Machen, explains how the First World War myth of the Angels of Mons grew out of a fictional story by the Welsh writer.

May 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

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.

May 30, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News in Brief: 23rd – 30th May 2014

Centenary News in Brief this week includes: America marks its Memorial Day at cemeteries around the world; Canada announces funding to restore its Japanese Canadian War Memorial; the Help for Heroes 4×4 challenge reaches £750,000 in fundraising; and Australia commemorates the disappearance of submarine AE1.

June 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

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.

June 6, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New woodland in the Pentland Hills, Scotland, to mark First World War Centenary

A new woodland is to be established in the Pentland Hills, south of Edinburgh, to honour Scotland’s First World War soldiers.

June 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Leading European archives to discuss their First World War exhibitions

First World War exhibitions commissioned from the archives of leading European libraries will be discussed at a public event hosted by the Institut Français in London on 19th June 2014.

June 9, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘First World War for Dummies’ book published

To mark the Centenary of the First World War, Dr Seán Lang, Senior Lecturer in History at Anglia Ruskin University, has written First World War for Dummies.

June 11, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Nottingham-Sarajevo collaboration marks Bolero & the First World War Centenary

Nottingham and Sarajevo are marking the Centenary of the First World War with a joint theatre production.

June 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News in Brief: 7th – 13th June 2014

Centenary News in Brief this week includes: New records released by the National Archives; a free e-book of First World War letters; The Lingo of No Man’s Land exploring trench slang is republished; and a symposium on the Central Powers during the First World War in Austria.