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February 2015
Debate: The Media and WW1
Thursday 26th February, 6:15pm - the Studio at The Hive, Worcester, WR1 3PD The centenary of the First World War has resulted in a plethora of related television and radio programmes from Peaky Blinders to the Radio 4 drama Home Front. This panel discussion will bring together both media professionals and academics that have been involved in these productions to discuss and answer questions on ways the contemporary media has responded to WWI. Participants include: * Jessica Dromgoole, Editor of Radio…
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Conference: Organising Women in WW1
2015 is the centenary of the formation of the Women’s Institute Movement in Britain and the publication of the Maternity Letters by the Women’s Co-Operative Guild. To commemorate these events, this Conference aims to bring together anyone who is interested in women who organised themselves and others during WW1. The conference is organised by: The Midlands Region of the Women’s History Network, The University of Worcester and the Voices of War and Peace: the Great War and its Legacy Engagement…
Find out more »Talk: Gas Warfare
We are delighted to announce the next set of The Western Front Association/University of Wolverhampton Centenary public open lectures. The fourth in the series will take place on Wednesday 25th March 2015: 5.30-7pm, Professor Edward M Spiers (Leeds University) will lecture on Gas Warfare in the First World War. This lecture will be filmed by the WFA as part of their on-going centenary project. Please note the venue will be MC401.
Find out more »Performance: Clocking On
Come and join us as we see the ups and downs of a single shift in a Birmingham factory and eavesdrop on the women who kept the factory lines working while men were fighting at the front. Facing the toils of manual labour, dealing with loss and embracing new opportunities, the women are beginning to contemplate the future. When the war ends, can life go back to what it was before? Clocking On is the culmination of a heritage research…
Find out more »April 2015
Discussion: Women and WW1
Join us to hear a series of presentations from academics and community groups working on the subject of women and the First World War. Participants will have the opportunity to share their own work, meet others working on projects, and discuss with staff from the WW1 Engagement Centres how to develop or expand projects or research. Schedule 10am Introduction from Ian Grosvenor, Director of Voices of War & Peace WW1 Engagement Centre 10.20-10.40 Sian Roberts, Library of Birmingham, ‘Birmingham…
Find out more »One in six: the Indian subcontinent and the First World War
The National Archives together with Voices of War and Peace invites you to explore the South Asian contribution to the First World War through a programme of events at the Library of Birmingham. One hundred years ago, undivided India provided Britain with a massive volunteer army in its hour of need. From 1914-1918 close to 1.5 million Indians served, fighting in all the major theatres of war from Flanders Fields in Belgium to the Mesopotamian oil fields of present day…
Find out more »Event: Commemoration of the Battle of Gallipoli
The day's programme will include: the Knights of Middle England, St George on horseback, sword displays by knights in armour, St George’s Dragon, English Farmers' Market, sports displays, children’s workshops, street entertainment, storytelling, traditional afternoon teas, a sand pit for children. A series of talks about Gallipoli will also take place during the day at the Library of Birmingham. More details here: http://www.libraryofbirmingham.com/event/Events/stgeorgesday-2015 Dates and times are subject to change
Find out more »Discussion: 100 Years of Tear Gas
This panel will bring together academics, activists and experts to discuss the military, policing, legal, commercial and medical aspects of tear gas, both in historic and more contemporary contexts. First used in 1914, tear gas is a legacy of WWI, developed as a chemical weapon for military use, then misleadingly rebranded as a "non-lethal" weapon used to repress social protests around the world. We will also explore how citizens have developed DIY gas mask instructions and home remedies, circulated transnationally…
Find out more »May 2015
Performance: F.A.N.Y. Five Women. One War. One Purpose
Innovative Theatre Company 'Anonymous is a Woman' present First Aid Nursing Yeomanry: The story of the incredible women who drove ambulances from the front line of the bloody battlefield to the nearby hospitals in WW1.The show is based on real accounts already accessed from the F.A.N.Y records and the Imperial War Museum, and adapted from a novel by Robert Radcliffe. So little has ever been said about these war women; now as part of the Imperial War Museum's Centenary Partnership…
Find out more »Performance: Oh What a Lovely War
Direct from Theatre Royal, Stratford East, the legendary musical, Oh What A Lovely War comes to The REP to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War I. Oh What A Lovely War is a satirical masterpiece that brilliantly summarises the First World War in a hilarious and provocative way. It’s a riot of music, colour and larger-than-life characters and features some of the greatest war-time songs including the much-loved Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag. Ian Reddington…
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