The lights of the living
In the place where trench warfare began, grim reminders and haunting questions still linger
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First World War
In the tower, the poppies flow: Inside an extraordinary art project
A dramatic art installation at the Tower of London pays tribute to 888,246 fallen soldiers
Remembering the First World War with satire, rather than solemnity
The Bodleian Library’s treasures reveal that mockery was a potent British wartime weapon
A picture paints a thousand lies: On truth and war photography
War news photography has never just been about capturing a moment in time
Maclean’s named the Great War
The term ’the Great War’ first appeared in print in Maclean’s back in October 1914
Could we go to war again?
During the Great War, Canada answered a call to duty with sacrifice that seems unfathomable today
Margaret MacMillan on the road to the First World War
The bestselling historian charts the lead-up to 1914
The war that ended peace
Margaret MacMillan upends notion of inevitability of First World War
Book Review: The start of the First World War
By Christopher Clark
1913: In Search Of The World Before The Great War
Book by Charles Emmerson