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French city believes Madonna may own artwork lost in war – and asks for loan

Amiens mayor wants singer to lend Jérôme-Martin Langlois painting after it went missing in first world war

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2023

Christmas in wartime: how Britain coped with the 'bleak midwinter' of 1942

On Christmas Eve 1942, the Manchester Guardian recalled that the first world war had only lasted four Christmases. Now, Hitler’s war also had “four to its discredit, each one more austere than its predecessor”. Christmas 1942 would be a sadly pared-back affair. Cards were tiny and printed on thin card.…

The Conversation · Dec 20, 2022

Network of First World War training trenches among sites added to heritage list

Two Victorian cabmen’s shelters were also listed at Grade II along with an 18th-century watermill drawn by the famous landscape artist John Constable.

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

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Putin is losing the ground war, but Europe must dig in for the economic battle

There is more than one front in Europe’s almost 10- month-long war. The first is in the mud, where the worst trenches and dugouts in Eastern Ukraine are starting to bear more than a passing resemblance to scenes from the First World War. The second can be seen from space:…

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2022

Salonika Burning by Gail Jones review – wartime novel feels miraculously fresh

Jones takes four famous figures who served in Thessaloniki during the first world war and imagines how their stories could have overlapped

The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2022

Glasgow Lord Provost appeals for public help to find out more about war hero grandfather

Councillor Jacqueline McLaren is desperate to find out if any photographs exist of her maternal grandfather Private Allan Hannah McIlvennie who served with the Cameron Highlanders during the First World War.

Glasgow Live · Nov 12, 2022

Inside Kherson war trenches as Ukrainians find 'cannon fodder' Russians left behind

At one freshly-dug First World War-style trench, just over a mile from Russian positions, Major Nazar, 38, with the 63rd Mechanised Brigade told the Mirror they come up against Russian conscripts

Daily Mirror · Nov 11, 2022

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In Pictures: Armistice Day marked with two-minute silence

The country fell silent at 11am to mark the anniversary of the end of the First World War.

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022

Armistice Day: Millions in UK and across world pause to remember war dead

Services were held across the country for the anniversary of the end of the First World War, with a two-minute silence observed at 11am

Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2022

‘Hidden gems’: British letters from first world war published online

Family history website makes cache of documents from National Archives available for public to view

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022

Edinburgh violin shop finds 100 year old message hidden inside instrument

A secret message about living through the First World War has been discovered inside of a violin. The couple who found the message have shared their discovery.

Edinburgh Live · Nov 8, 2022

11 things you may not know about the poppy - including why it's a symbol of Remembrance

Every year, the Poppy Appeal helps to support thousands of serving and ex-serving Armed Forces personnel and their families - here are details about what the poppy symbolises

Chronicle Live · Nov 8, 2022

Vandals snap First World War memorial in half ahead of Remembrance Day

‘Unfortunately the figure was a limited edition and is not able to be replaced,’ says council

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

Remembrance Day 2023: Changes to the Poppy Appeal through the years and Remembrance Sunday events

It’s a day when many people across the country come together to remember those who lost their lives in the First World War

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2022

Red deer, winter walks and malt whisky: the Scottish Highlands and islands through the eyes of local people

Guidebooks and travel blogs will get you so far, but there’s nothing quite like being told by a local to visit an ancient tomb or a hidden first world war relic this autumn and winter

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2022

All Quiet on the Western Front review – anti-war nightmare of bloodshed and chaos

Teenage boys quickly find themselves caught up in the ordeal of trench warfare in this German-language adaptation of the first world war novel

Los Angeles Times · Oct 5, 2022

Review: David O. Russell goes to war in 'Amsterdam,' but this historical farce Nether comes together

The title of "Amsterdam," the typically busy and discombulating new movie written and directed by David O. Russell, refers to the events of a memorable Dutch idyll in 1918, toward the end of the First World War. For two wounded American servicemen, Burt Berendsen (Christian Bale) and Harold Woodman (John…

The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2022

‘Stories told in the dark’ – haunting visions from the painter who operated on his own genitals

Forrest Bess was attached to a camouflage unit during the second world war before suffering a breakdown. He then began to transcribe his nocturnal visions, with alarming results

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Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 31, 2022

Britain and the US… And the Round of Violence in Iraq

In contrast to its establishment by the British in the early twentieth century, the second effort to establish an Iraqi state, made this century by the US, was chaotic and not based on a vision for how to build it. There is an immense difference in scale between the two…

Birmingham Post · Aug 24, 2022

Historic York firm secures £3m funding for combined heat and power technology project

Allium Energy began trading as F D Todd & Sons at the end of the First World War

Daily Mirror · Aug 13, 2022

Rings of Power: Everything you need to know about Amazon's £1bn Lord of the Rings prequel

Fans of epic fantasy tale Lord of the Rings, written by a First World War soldier, are already clamouring for details of The Rings of Power, will be a prequel to the book the author started writing in 1937

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2022

A History of Women’s Football in England

During the first world war, it was commonplace for women to form football teams at their places of work. They played charity matches with rival firms, raising funds to support the war effort.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

The story of the Salzburg festival that inspired Edinburgh

The Salzburger Festspiele, founded after the First World War, was set up to reunite old enemies through their love of performing arts. William Cook tells its tale

Edinburgh Live · Jul 4, 2022

Old Edinburgh First World War hospital turned plush city townhouse hits the market

The nine-bedroom property was once used as a hospital in the Great War but has since been turned into a gigantic and luxurious townhouse that is now searching for a new owner.

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022

Somme wreath gesture shows I’ll be a first minister for all, says O’Neill

The Sinn Fein vice president laid a laurel wreath for those who died in the First World War battle.

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