Voices of the Home Fronts – Everyday Lives in War

Voices of the Home Fronts: Reflections and legacies of the First World...

September 27, 2018

Date and Time Fri, 19 Oct 2018, 09:30 – Sat, 20 Oct 2018, 18:30 BST Join us for a lively exchange of ideas at this two-day conference which, through the use of unusual and underused sources, such as ...

Life in the POW Camp in South Lincolnshire

August 11, 2017

Contributed by Dr. Andrew Kerr and Professor Jane Chapman Sutton Bridge, in south Lincolnshire was the site of a now forgotten First World War prisoner of war labour camp under the administration of ...

Passchendaele, 1917 – as seen and experienced through women’s poetry...

August 9, 2017

In these days when we reflect on the hard battles fought and the many lives lost in Passchendaele, we have the privilege of sharing Dr Viv Newman’s fascinating talk given at the Belgian Ambass...

Norland Nurses

July 10, 2017

The quintessence of post-WWI Britain’s efforts to rebuild and provide for its future generations by Lynne Cole Emily Ward founded The Norland Institute in 1892, the first ever establishment for the t...

International Women’s Day, Alexandra Grantham

March 7, 2017

Contributed by Dr Vivien Newman According to its own website, International Women’s Day ‘celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women.’ I admit to being skeptica...