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Are We Forgetting The First World War?
Season 9 Episode 17
Is the First World War slowly fading from public memory, or has our relationship with the Great War simply changed? In this episode, Are We Forgettin…
5 days, 15 hours ago
Questions and Answers Episode 43
Season 9 Episode 16
In this episode of The Old Front Line, we explore how individual lives and institutions reveal the human realities of the First World War.
We begin by…
1 week, 5 days ago
Forgotten Memoirs of the Great War Part 2
Season 9 Episode 15
We return to the subject of Forgotten Memoirs of the First World War and discuss The Years of Remembrance by Harold Maybury which was published in 19…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Questions and Answers Episode 42
Season 9 Episode 14
In this episode, we delve into a lesser-known but essential aspect of First World War life: the use and organisation of latrines on the battlefield. …
3 weeks, 5 days ago
A Tale of Two Veterans
Season 9 Episode 13
In this episode we discuss the importance of oral history and what it tells us about the experience of conflict and the culture of the British milita…
1 month ago
Questions and Answers Episode 41
Season 9 Episode 12
In this episode, we unpack the meaning and origins of the term Downland, and explore how this distinctive landscape helps us better understand the ge…
1 month, 1 week ago
Caring For The Silent Cities
Season 9 Episode 11
In this special edition, we’re joined by Jon Gedling, Director of Estates for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, to discuss the challenges and r…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Questions and Answers Episode 40
Season 9 Episode 10
In this 40th Questions and Answers episode, we explore some of the lesser-known battlefields of the Western Front, uncovering places where traces of …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
West of Arras: Behind The Lines
Season 9 Episode 9
We travel to the area Behind the Lines of West of Arras, visiting cemeteries where Casualty Clearing Stations were moved back to in 1918, discuss a s…
2 months ago
Questions and Answers Episode 39
Season 9 Episode 8
In this episode we ask what is the current size of the 'Zone Rouge' and are there plans to clear it? We then look at the use of morphine to treat pai…
2 months, 1 week ago