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Five years after the First World War ended, in May 1923 the Daily Mirror reported on the inauguration of a memorial in the small village. And 100 years on locals, including kids, paid a fresh tribute

A new book celebrates Jim Ede, the patron whose museum-home is a chapel to 20th-century British art – in particular that generation who were driven to search for meaning after the first world war

The current conflict in Ukraine frequently elicits parallels with the first world war. It’s a comparison being made by politicians, journalists, analysts and military personnel.

As the great seaport of the Habsburg empire, Trieste was a “thriving ethnic, financial and cultural crossroads”, dubbed “Europiccola” (Europe in miniature) by James Joyce. Then came the First World War, and the grand geopolitical shifts of the 20th century, which left it ever more isolated – hemmed in on…

South African artist William Kentridge became world famous for his charcoal drawings and hand-drawn animated films, but his work continued to grow in scope and he began staging performances. Today he also creates operas and collaborative stage productions combining numerous art forms.

Since its closure in 2010, the former Edenhall Hospital in Musselburgh has been left to be consumed by its surroundings. During the First World War, it was a treatment centre for limbless soldiers

Two young men journey from the classroom to the trenches in this tale of a forbidden relationship set against the first world war

Conflict is seen through the lens of a schoolboy love affair in Winn’s devastating debut novel