An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: the First World War
As an aid to students, teachers and parents, we have constructed an A–Z of the World taken from E. H. Gombrich’s, A Little History…
WWI
Peace at Last: A Portrait of Armistice Day by Guy Cuthbertson – An Extract
Armistice Day was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. In Peace at Last, author Guy Cuthbertson,…
The Arab Revolt: A Century On …
The Arab Revolt: A Century On … by Neil Faulkner As the call to prayer from the minaret of the Great Mosque died away…
Lawrence of Arabia’s War – An Introduction by Neil Faulkner
‘A misfit and maverick, a romantic and orientalist, an archaeologist and wartime intelligence officer, he was perhaps a most unlikely man of action.’ Dr….
FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIALS IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHURCHES
In this centenary year of the Great War, Pevsner author Simon Bradley explores some rarely seen memorials to the conflict, encountered whilst researching Yale’s…
Frank Browne: A Life Through the Lens
Father Francis Browne is a remarkable figure in the history of photography. Whilst he dedicated himself to life as an Irish Jesuit priest, he…
The Great War for Peace: Battle of the Marne
‘Your Majesty, we have lost the war.’ – General Helmuth von Moltke to Kaiser Wilhelm, following the Battle of the Marne, 9th September 1914…
The Great War for Peace: the social costs
In this extract from The Great War for Peace, William Mulligan looks at the connection between the outbreak of the First World War and…
Germany and Britain Declare War: August 1914
‘I have the honour, on the instructions of my Government, to inform your Excellency as follows: His Majesty the Emperor, my august Sovereign, in…
Gavrilo Princip and the Great War for Peace
On the morning of 28 June, one hundred years ago, Archduke Franz Ferdinand disembarked from his train at Sarajevo and got in a motorcade…