Popular Films
What themes unite better-known films about the First World War?
Obscure Films
What makes a First World War film ‘obscure’?
Board Games of the First World War
Could you play a board game about the First World War, during the First World War?
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?
‘Blasted Things’ with Lesley Glaister
How do you write a novel about the First World War without resorting to cliché?
Dreamers of the Day: TE Lawrence
How does popular culture see Lawrence of Arabia?
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries
What happens when a Sunday night crime caper takes the history of the First World War seriously?
Peaky Blinders
Did the First World War inspire organised crime in inter-war Britain?
Babylon Berlin
How has the First World War been translated by German popular culture?
Heavy Metal
Why do some Heavy Metal bands examine the First World War?
Georgette Heyer
What is the relationship between war and romance?
Star Wars
How closely do the events of the First World War relate to those in ‘A Galaxy Far, Far Away’?
An Introduction
Who are we? What do we do? And what really happens at academic conferences during the tea breaks?
