First World War

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris who is medical historian and has written a new book called ‘the Facemaker’ about WW1 facial reconstruction

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris “This was a time when losing a limb made you a hero, but losing a face made you a monster” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Catriona Pennell WL

First World War poets: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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HEX_Voices_Kavita Puri

Kavita Puri "Many south Asian diasporic families don’t know of their First World War links" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, with his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, riding in an open carriage at Sarajevo shortly before their assassination on 28 June 1914

Franz Ferdinand “This mythologised murder did not trigger WW1” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Austrian crown prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie

The shot that sparked the First World War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Victoria Drummond, Britain's first female marine engineer. Also seen is her ancestral home, Megginch Castle; a Second World War Allied convoy; Mount Etna, which she encountered on one voyage; and a Lloyd’s War Medal for Bravery at Sea, similar to the one that Drummond received in 1941

Victoria Drummond: trailblazing ship’s engineer and war hero . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Lindsay Fitzharris WL

Plastic surgery: transformed by WW1 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jack Lowden as Siegfried Sassoon in Terence Davies’ feature film Benediction.

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Benediction: a case of Sassoon the man v Sassoon the legend

First World War soldier and poet Siegfried Sassoon In uniform

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Poetry and protest WW1 poet Siegfried Sassoon

A drawing depicting a German monoplane dropping bombs on Paris during the First World War

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Creating fake Paris: how one man built a mock city to fool WW1 German bombers

The cast of Downton Abbey in front of Highclere Castle. (Image by Alamy)

The upstairs/downstairs world of Downton Abbey: how true to life is it?

These nutritious and long-lasting Anzac biscuits are often associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. (Credit: Sam Nott)

Historical recipe Anzac Biscuits

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A photograph of a WW1 soldier and his pet thrush

How WW1 soldiers found hope in nature . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on generals killed in battle “Russian general casualties in Ukraine today are significantly higher than the Allied commitment in WW2” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Part nineteen in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1900–1949. (Image by Getty Images)

Turning points 1916: The long march to modernity . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.