Dec 1, 2024
How do you walk people through First World War
landscapes?
This month we welcome back Prof Mark Connelly to discuss his
new walking tours endeavour Connelly Contours. Along the way we discuss
war memorials in the London landscape, the evolution of
remembrance, and if bad weather provides important...
Nov 1, 2024
How do you teach the FIrst World War?
This month we're joined by Dr Ann-Marie Einhaus and Prof Catriona Pennell to reflect on their 'First World War in the Classroom' project that explored the ways the conflict was taught in schools. Along the way we discuss the role of battlefield tours, the time constraints faced by...
Oct 1, 2024
Can you turn the First World War into sketch comedy?
This month we talk to the public historian, podcaster, and author Greg Jenner. Along the way we discuss his work on the Horrible Histories television show, the difficulties of being funny about twentieth-century history, the different ways in which the public now...
Sep 1, 2024
What happens when the First World War meets pulp science
fiction?
This month we read the novel: Black Hand Gang (the
first in the No Man's World trilogy) by Pat Kelleher. The book
depicts a fictional battalion of British soldiers who are
transported from the Somme to a strange alien world. As a result we
discuss...
Aug 1, 2024
What happens when fantasy meets the First World War?
This month, we read 'The Warm Hands of Ghosts' by Katherine
Arden, a novel which follows Canadian nurse Laura Iven as she
searches for her brother behind the lines in the militarised area
known as the ‘Forbidden Zone’. The plot hinges around a...