Oh! What a lovely podcast

First World War meets popular culture and the media

Podcast

Popular Films

What themes unite better-known films about the First World War?

Podcast

Obscure Films

What makes a First World War film ‘obscure’?

Podcast

Board Games of the First World War

Could you play a board game about the First World War, during the First World War?

Podcast

The Christmas Truce of 1914

How do you portray a moment of peace during the First World War when it’s not always clear what actually happened?

Podcast

‘Blasted Things’ with Lesley Glaister

How do you write a novel about the First World War without resorting to cliché?

Podcast

Dreamers of the Day: TE Lawrence

How does popular culture see Lawrence of Arabia?

Associate Professor of Modern British History at Leeds University. My research interests lie at the intersection of the histories of gender, particularly masculinity, medicine and warfare.

Read More >>

A historian focusing on the First World War and popular representations of warfare. I received my PhD from the University of Sussex in 2013. My thesis examined relations between British and French soldiers during the First World War.

Read More>>

A Postgraduate Researcher at Leeds University. My current research explores all the men who appeared before the North Riding Military Appeal Tribunal, 1916-18.

Read More>>