Day Two at Voices of the Home Fronts
Contributed by Ciara Meehan, University of Hertfordshire Day two of Voices of the Home Fronts at The National Archives has reached its conclusion, and what a day it’s been! We were treated to a...
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Day One at Voices of the Home Fronts
Contributed by Ciara Meehan, University of Hertfordshire Sunshine and swans greeted delegates arriving at The National Archives in Kew today for the Voices of the Home Fronts conference, which has be...
Turkish Baths in Preston!
Jan Aubrey-Williams, a volunteer on the Beyond the War Memorial Project, has discovered a ‘steamy’ story while working on the students enrolled at the Harris Institute during the First World War. Whi...
Britain and the Easter Rising: a one-day symposium on the impact of th...
For the event page, click here. Britain and the Easter Rising: a one-day symposium on the impact of the Easter Rising on Britain, University of Central Lancashire, Preston
Beyond the War Memorial Project – Third study session 12th Augus...
The Beyond the War Memorial (BWM) Project held its third study session on 12th August. Seven of our volunteers attended and the session provided an opportunity to consolidate the findings so-far and ...
Conscientious Objectors and Farmers
Contributed by Julie Moore Recently, whilst reading through the correspondence of Samuel Graveson, clerk to the Hertford and Hitchin Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends, it struck me that there...
Grassmoor Class of 1916 – What the School Log-Book Tells Us Abou...
This HLF supported project brought together Whitworks Adventures in Theatre (http://watheatre.co) and Year 6 pupils from Grassmoor Primary School in Derbyshire, to recreate something of the lives of ...
Macbeth for the masses: Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Shakespeare on film...
Contributed by Andrew Maunder “War itself is horrible but the misfortune it brings helps a man to find his soul” – Herbert Beerbohm Tree, 18 April 1915. The British Film Institute’s new DVD of ...
J.M. Barrie’s A Well Remembered Voice on tour
Contributed by Andrew Maunder Our production of J.M. Barrie’s play about spiritualism, A Well Remembered Voice, is heading out on tour in autumn 2016. A co-production with IO Theatre, it combi...
Women Strikers in Britain and France during the First World War
In our latest blog, Professor Alison Fell from the University of Leeds highlights the involvement of women in strikes during 1917 and 1918. The new economic and industrial conditions during the war s...