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Season 5 Episode 1
What can War Art and the work of Official War Artists tell us about the experience of the Great War and the landscape of the Western Front? We examin…
3 years, 3 months ago
Winter on the Somme
Season 4 Episode 21
We look at three winters on the Somme front: from 1914 to 1916. We discuss Christmas Truces involving the French and Germans, and later when the Brit…
3 years, 4 months ago
Gallipoli: The Farm
Season 4 Episode 20
Who was Harry Moseley? In this episode we ask: can one man's life be more important than another? Our journey takes us from the Helles Memorial, and …
3 years, 4 months ago
Five Little-Known WW1 Memorials
Season 4 Episode 19
In this episode we explore five little-known memorials along the Western Front battlefields in France and Flanders, looking at how different nations …
3 years, 4 months ago
How I Wrote my WW1 Battlefield Walking Books
Season 4 Episode 18
This weekend marks History Writers Day, a new venture from Simon at History Book Chat on Twitter. As part of my contribution to the event, in this ep…
3 years, 5 months ago
Trench Chat: America in WW1 with Mike Cunha
Season 4 Episode 17
In this latest Trench Chat we are joined by Mike Cunha of the Battles of the First World War Podcast to talk about his interest in the Great War and …
3 years, 5 months ago
Remembrance: Five Little-Known Cemeteries of the Great War
Season 4 Episode 16
In this episode we travel along The Old Front Line in France and Flanders to visit five lesser-known war cemeteries from different nations where the …
3 years, 5 months ago
Crawley War Memorial with Renny Richardson
Season 4 Episode 15
We are joined by Renny Richardson, author of a trilogy of books about the men of Crawley in West Sussex who fought in the Great War. Renny chats with…
3 years, 5 months ago
Henry Williamson's Books
Season 4 Episode 14
Following the purchase of a Great War book owned by author and veteran Henry Williamson, we explore something of Williamson's life, the Writing Hut w…
3 years, 6 months ago
Film Review: All Quiet on the Western Front
Season 4 Episode 13
Thanks to Netflix, I've been able to watch a preview of the new film All Quiet on the Western Front. In this episode we look at the film, the story b…
3 years, 6 months ago