Paris Peace Discord
Hugh Purcell looks at how, 90 years ago, the British Empire rejected the principle of racial equality on which the Commonwealth is now based.
First World War
The German battle fleet scuttled at Scapa Flow
Richard Cavendish records how Germany sank its own navy in the aftermath of the First World War, on 21 June 1919.
Mutiny at Cattaro 1918
‘We don’t want cinemas, we want peace.’ David Woodward introduces a little-known First World War insurrection in the Austro-Hungarian fleet, framing it within the context of that empire’s multicultural makeup and the revolutionary spirit of the times.
Edith Cavell Reburied in Norwich
Following her execution by firing squad in Belgium in 1915, Edith Cavell's body was eventually brought back from Brussels to England on May 15th, 1919.
Serbian Nationalism and the Great War
John Etty questions whether Serb nationalism was an irresistible force that helped unleash the First World War.
Dreamland of the Armistice
Alan Sharp looks at the factors shaping national policies in the weeks preceding the Paris Peace Conference, when the failure of the victorious allies to agree on aims and a process for negotiations with the Germans resulted in a ‘tragedy of disappointment’.
Lloyd George and the Generals
Richard Wilkinson recreates the contest that marked, and marred, the British war effort in 1914-18.
Change Me: Facial Injuries in the First World War
Paddy Hartley describes how an interest in the treatment of facial injuries in the First World War led him to develop a new form of sculpture.
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The treaty that ended Russia’s participation in the First World War was signed on 3 March 1918.
The Fall of Lloyd George
Robert Pearce attempts to probe the nature of the 1918-22 Coalition.