Mike Swain reports on a new digital archive which sees 150 years of British satirical magazine Punch made available online including its’ influential period during the First World war.
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Keeping Post: The Post Office during the First World War
Sally Wenham, who writes for the Post Office shop blog, reveals the First World War research she has been doing to coincide with the release of a selection of coins and stamps.
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Punch magazine digital archive will help researchers study First World War
Mike Swain reports on a new digital archive which sees 150 years of British satirical magazine Punch made available online including its' influential period during the First World war.
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‘We will remember them’ – UK announces themes for Centenary commemorations on August 4 2014
Britain has set out more details of a national day of commemoration on August 4th 2014 to mark the Centenary of its entry into the First World War.
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Punch magazine digital archive will help researchers study First World War
First World war cartoons and articles from the British satirical magazine Punch are being made available online as part of a new digital archive.
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RAF Museum in London offers rare personal look at First World War archives
London’s Royal Air Force Museum is offering a very rare chance for the public to view original First World War documents dating from 1914.
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Wilfred Owen’s First World War poetry returns to Craiglockhart in Centenary musical performance
Bullets and Daffodils, a musical drama based on Wilfred Owen’s First World War poetry, is to be performed at Craiglockhart in Edinburgh, scene of his inspirational meeting with Siegfried Sassoon.
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Centenary exhibition highlights Indian Army Sikhs who fought for Britain in the First World War.
The UK Punjab Heritage Association is holding an exhibition commemorating ‘the remarkable but largely forgotten contribution and experiences of Sikh soldiers’ in the First World War.
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‘Changing Faces of Heroism since the First World War’ – University of Leeds teams up with BBC for free online course
A new online course about how the First World War changed traditional views of heroism has been launched by the University of Leeds, in partnership with the BBC.
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Your Loving Son: The Letters Home of Cuthbert H T Lucas 1914 – 1918
History teacher Steve Warburton begins a series of articles, based on the diaries and weekly letters home of Cuthbert H T Lucas, which reveal a unique perspective on the First World War from beginning to end.
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