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Ukraine war now longer than the first world war – the similarities are unsettling

The war in Ukraine has now exceeded the first world war in duration. And while the comparison between these two conflicts is imperfect, it is becoming difficult to ignore.

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Muslim war memorial to bring forgotten soldiers’ stories ‘out of the shadows’

It is thought at least 400,000 Muslim soldiers fought in the First World War

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Who were the American mothers to France’s orphaned children during the First World War?

During the entire course of World War I, approximately 25,000 American women crossed the Atlantic Ocean to attend to the needs of wounded soldiers and civilian communities in Europe. Women traditionally operated in medical units and helped care for wounded soldiers. Following US entry in the conflict, the newly established…

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Princess of Wales makes solo appearance to lay wreath for Anzac Day

Hundreds of people watched as Kate commemorated the 1915 Gallipoli landing of Australian and New Zealand troops in the First World War

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Princess of Wales greets young fan in tender moment during Anzac Day commemorations

Kate honoured Commonwealth soldiers as she laid a wreath at the Cenotaph in Whitehall

Evening Standard

Princess Royal attends dawn Anzac Day service at Wellington Arch

Anzac Day commemorates the 1915 Gallipoli landing of Australian and New Zealand troops in the First World War.

Evening Standard

The first Anzac Day was marked by women wearing mourning black

Even before the first world war, a high mortality rate from disease, accident and death during infancy meant that Australians were familiar with mourning black.

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Friday essay: Aboriginal Anzacs fought for Australia, but returned home to racism. It fuelled their activism

Historians estimate more than 1,000 Aboriginal Australians served in the first world war. After the war, many expressed their disappointment that “fighting for our King and country” had not resulted in any improvement in Aboriginal rights or living conditions.

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Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe

During the first world war, the British government was looking for ways to help people stretch their limited food supplies. It found pamphlets from a noted 19th-century herbalist who said rhubarb leaves could be used as a vegetable along with the stalks.

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From war memorial to political fault line, the Paris Grand Mosque turns 100

The Grand Mosque of Paris marks its 100th anniversary this year, reviving debate over its political role and its place in French history. Built to honour Muslim soldiers who died in the First World War, the mosque has become a symbol of Islam in France, and a recurring source of…

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The Ladies Football Club review – squad of 11 salute Sheffield’s pioneering players

A dynamic team of actors capture the spirit of female footballers during the first world war – though the storytelling is sometimes fumbled

The Guardian - UK

Poem of the week: The Secret Day by Stella Benson

Writing towards the end of the first world war, the poet, novelist, journalist and suffragist Benson here dreams of a secure peace

The Guardian - UK

Cape Fever by Nadia Davids review – a power struggle between mistress and maid

Set in a colonial city after the first world war, this story of a battle of wills between an elderly widow and her young servant is deftly told

The Guardian - UK

Princess Kate marks royal first at moving Armistice Day service

The Princess of Wales wore a military-inspired black coat, a wide-brimmed hat adorned with a bow, and two poppies

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Kate lays Armistice Day wreath for first time as nation pays silent tribute

Poignant services were held across the country on the anniversary of the end of the First World War with a two minutes’ silence observed at 11am.

The Independent UK

Sculpture of soldier created on First World War front line to go under the hammer

Alexander Carrick made The Gunner sculpture out of clay while serving during the First World War

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Sculpture of soldier which was created on front line to go under the hammer

Alexander Carrick made The Gunner sculpture out of clay while serving during the First World War.

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Poem of the week: Leaves by Frederic Manning

A landscape of illusory peace is depicted just before the guns of battle reach it in the first world war

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Identities of lost war heroes uncovered in time for Remembrance Sunday

The remains of 52 British and Commonwealth soldiers have been identified following investigations by Ministry of Defence ‘war detectives’.

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After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home

In March 1915, a young British man named Raymond Lodge was deployed to Ypres, France, to fight on the front lines of the first world war. By September, he was dead, aged just 26.

Evening Standard

Ralph Fiennes on ‘painful’ comparison between young cast and Ukrainians at war

Fiennes stars in The Choral, which follows his character as he recruits teenagers into a choral society during the First World War.

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AI, drone ships and new sensors could leave submarines with few places to hide in the ocean

For over a century, the ocean has been the ultimate refuge for those who wished to disappear. From the U-boats of the first world war to the nuclear-powered leviathans that glide through today’s deep waters, the submarine has thrived on one simple principle: stealth.

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Taylor Swift has branded herself a showgirl. These hardworking women have a long and bejewelled history

The iconic feathered showgirl was born amid the chaos of the first world war, when the wealthy, global French superstar Gaby Deslys entertained Parisians and Allied soldiers in a 1917 show called Laissez-les tombe! (Let Them Fall), a dazzling spectacle of ostrich feathers, rhinestones and beauty.

Evening Standard

Princess Royal rededicates war cenotaph to those who made ‘ultimate sacrifice’

Hundreds of people from Dunfermline were killed it the First World War.

Evening Standard

Scots soldiers laid to rest exactly 110 years after they fell in First World War

The MoD’s war detectives used DNA to identify the remains, which were found during construction work near Lens, a city in northern France.

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