January 2018
A County of Soldiers
Are you interested in Military History? You may like to attend this end of project celebration at HALS on the 18 January 2018. There is also a chance to see previously unseen war photographs and documents and to hear a talk on Local Military History by Professor Richard Grayson from Goldsmiths College.
Find out more »February 2018
W A S Talk – “Underground Graffiti on the Western Front” Morag McBride
The next W A S lecture on the 2nd of February 2018 is Morag McBride talking about underground graffiti on the Western Front. Morag is currently writing a book on the subject to be published with Pen and Sword.
Find out more »Pacifists and Protesters: the lost story of resistance to World War One
In February (9-17) the Gloucester Theatre Company are touring Stroud (9-10), Bristol (13-14 Feb ) and Cheltenham (16-17) with their new play: “Pacifists and Protesters: the lost story of resistance to World War One” - http://www.thegloucestertheatrecompany.co.uk/ It is described as: A two part presentation featuring A Dangerous Woman (shortlisted for The Adrian Pagan New Writing Award), a new play by Alexander J Gifford, followed by a dramatic rendition of the words of poets, pacifists and other protesters. The play…
Find out more »‘This Evil Thing’ a one man play inspired by First World War Conscientious Objection
Photo: Roger Joiner THIS EVIL THING is Michael Mears’ award-winning one-man show coming to Haringey at 19.00 on 22 February 2018, at St Augustine’s Church, Mattison Road, London N4 1BG As the anniversary of the ending of the First World War approaches, Haringey First World War Peace Forum’s Heritage Lottery Funded project ‘Conscientious Objection Remembered’ presents a one-man play to tell the story of the men who said no to war. Bertrand Russell, one of the greatest mathematicians of his…
Find out more »March 2018
There Will Be Wings Conference
Join The National Archives, the National Army Museum, the RAF Museum, and the National Museum of the Royal Navy in exploring the First World War origins of the RAF, as we mark the centenary of the formation of the Royal Air Force with our one-day conference 'There will be Wings: the First World War origins of the RAF'. This collaborative conference brings together researchers from universities, museums, and archives to explore why the RAF came into existence and examine…
Find out more »Beyond the Battlefields: Käthe Buchler’s Photographs of Germany in the Great War
19 March – 5 May 2018: University of Hertfordshire Galleries, Hatfield Also touring in: 20 October 2017 – 14 January 2018: University of Birmingham & Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery 2 February – 3 March 2018: Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University Beyond the Battlefields presents a unique series of images made by photographer Käthe Buchler (1876-1930) in Germany before, during and after World War One, and which are part of the collection of the Museum of Photography in Braunschweig…
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Witnessing War
Click to enlarge In her photographs, Käthe Buchler captured not only German citizens during the First World War, but also illustrated the widespread impact of conflict. The photographs are of interest not only for their artistic merit but also for what they tell us about war and they way it changed lives on the German Home Front. 'Witnessing War' is a one-day workshop that will seek to answer a series of questions. Who witnesses war? From what perspective? How do…
Find out more »April 2018
Food in Wartime 1914-1920
On behalf of Professor Jonathan Morris (Historian of Coffee and Business Heritage at University of Hertfordshire) and the AHRC-funded Everyday Lives in War Centre team, we are delighted to announce that a themed workshop on ‘Food in Wartime, 1914-1920’ will be held on Friday 27 April (10:30am-3:30pm) to coincide with ‘Beyond the Battlefields’, an exhibition of Käthe Buchler’s photographs of Germany during the First World War. Image: ‘Woman grating potatoes’, ©Estate of Käthe Buchler – Museum fürPhotographie Braunschweig/ Deposit Stadtarchiv…
Find out more »May 2018
Remembering Durham
The Cheesy Waffles Project in Durham works with young people with additional needs aged 11-30 years old. They have been researching a range of stories for their HLF project 'The Home Front - Life in Britain during the First World War'. As well as growing vegetables on an allotment and recreating First World War recipes, the team have been researching the sorts of jobs that people took on during the war and what they might have worn. The results can now be seen…
Find out more »June 2018
No Petticoats Here
No Petticoats Here is a project that tells the stories of remarkable women of the First World War through song. The research, songwriting, composition and delivery took eighteen months and has taken me from Portsmouth to Pervijze and from Ulverston to Ypres by way of many museums, battlefields, private collections, libraries and research centres. I have also been fortunate to have the support of the women’s families and leading historians. I have been touring with No Petticoats Here since…
Find out more »Children and Youth on the Move
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Find out more »July 2018
‘But It Still Goes On’ – by Robert Graves
The world premiere “This generation’s no good, no good at all. They don’t possess any deep emotions. They don’t know what passion is.” In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, a world premiere from the author of Goodbye To All That and I Claudius, Robert Graves’ “post-catastrophic comedy”, But It Still Goes On, directed by Fidelis Morgan, plays at the Finborough Theatre as part of the Finborough Theatre’s THEGREATWAR100 series commemorating the centenary of the First World War. London…
Find out more »Heritage Lottery Fund 1-on-1 Advice Sessions
Wednesday 18th July, 11.00am – 3pm. Watford Palace Theatre, 20 Clarendon Road Watford, WD17 1JZ If you have any ideas for a heritage project or would like to learn more about our funding please get in touch and book a 1-on-1 slot, it would be great to talk to you about your ideas or to answer any questions that you might have about our funding. Book a slot and email Sally Page, Development Officer; sally.page@hlf.org.uk Find out more about…
Find out more »August 2018
September 2018
‘1918-2018: The End of the War & the Re-Shaping of a Century’, University of Wolverhampton (UK), 6-8th September 2018.
Booking NOW OPEN! This international conference will be hosted by the Centre for Historical Research at the University of Wolverhampton in collaboration with the Western Front Association and the FWW Network for Early Career & Postgraduate Researchers. It is further supported and sponsored by: the Arts & Humanities Research Council’s First World War Public Engagement Centres; History West Midlands; Helion & Company; and Battle Honours. The event will spotlight the latest research on the events of 1918 as well as the…
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Reappraising the Representation of the People Act, 1918
Day Conference on Friday 14th September, 2018, Livesey Building, Room 013, UCLan, Preston, PR1 2HE 2018 marks the centenary of the Representation of the People Act (RPA). Passed in the last year of the First World War, the RPA enjoyed all party support, in recognition of the contribution to the war effort made by women and some working-class men, previously excluded from the franchise. Although the RPA still excluded women under 30, it tripled the electorate and transformed British politics…
Find out more »Significant Figures: remembrance through making
Mary Crabb, who was part of the First World War Basketry Then and Now project, is exhibiting in Chichester this autumn. For a glimpse of her work and remarkable vision, do watch Mary's films on Basketry.
Find out more »October 2018
The Important Man, Alphabetti Theatre
"If the people you cared about the most were in danger what would you do?" ‘The Important Man’ is about belief being tested, set at a time when the advances in scientific discoveries, like electricity, seemed as otherworldly as the supernatural. The story is set in the First World War, but will give you an insight into part of the war you probably haven’t heard of. There was a massive increase in people going to see fortune tellers - everyone…
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