UNCOVERED: Somme - The Untold Story

‘Like the Somme without the generals’: Tory nerves grow as local elections loom

Contest being treated as a general election bellwether and some MPs fear ‘complete annihilation’ will spark further Conservative rebellion

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2024

Great-Uncle Harry by Michael Palin audiobook review – a personal first world war story

The beloved Python narrates his touching tribute to a long-lost relative who was killed at the Somme

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2024

Battle of the Somme: new research shows detonating a massive mine under German lines too early led to a British slaughter

The Battle of the Somme began on July 1 1916 with a spectacular explosion under Hawthorn Ridge – a fortified German frontline position west of the village of Beaumont Hamel in northern France. The footage of the explosion remains one of the best-known pieces of film from the whole conflict.

The Conversation · Jan 8, 2024

Untold story of heroine journalist dressed as man in bloody Western Front battle

Armed with just a passport and a pencil in 1915, 19-year-old Dorothy Lawrence had taken a boat to France and tried to cycle to the Somme, hoping to expose the terrible conditions British soldiers were enduring

Daily Mirror · Nov 9, 2022

Dreaming shires: how East Yorkshire shaped Tolkien’s Middle-earth fantasy

Invalided home from the Somme, the Lord of the Rings author was inspired by this peaceful landscape to begin his epic tales – which are now getting the Amazon blockbuster treatment

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2022

Newtownards greenway will cause antisocial behaviour at Somme Museum, councillor says

The new greenway is part of a £12.5 million project across the borough, with plans to link to Belfast

Belfast Live · Aug 4, 2022

Michelle O'Neill lays wreath to mark the Battle of the Somme

"I hope that today’s attendance and the laying of a wreath is actually a demonstration of someone who wants to work for all in our community"

Belfast Live · 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.

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022

Michelle O’Neill lays wreath for Battle of the Somme anniversary

While Sinn Fein mayors in Belfast have laid a laurel wreath in previous years, this was the first time the party leadership took part.

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022