Event: Lights Out
Thinktank Planetarium Millenium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham , United KingdomIn commemoration of the outbreak of the First World War, Thinktank Planetarium will project the […]
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Event: Candlelight Vigil
Birmingham Cathedral Colmore Row, Birmingham , United KingdomBirmingham Cathedral This event will be one of quiet reflection with music from Birmingham City […]
Exhibition: The Battle of the Somme
Dudmaston Estate Quatt, nr Bridgnorth, Shropshire, United KingdomVisit Dudmaston Hall and immerse yourself in life in the trenches with artwork created entirely […]
Exhibition: Letters Home
Wolverhampton City Archives Molineux Hotel Building, Whitmore Hill, Wolverhampton, United KingdomWolverhampton City Archives and Bantock House Museum are working together to create exhibitions that explore […]
Talk: William Weller and the white feather movement
Wolverhampton Art Gallery Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, United KingdomWolverhampton City Archivist Heidi McIntosh will give a talk about local architect William Weller and […]
Event: Remembrance Day Service
Holy Trinity Church Trinity Road, Birmingham, United KingdomTo commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the First World War and as […]
Event: First World War Army Medics
Greyfriars' House & Garden Friar Street , WorcesterGreyfriars' House and Garden, Worcestershire You've heard about the soldiers; now learn about the heroic […]
Event: A Walk through the War
Dudmaston Estate Quatt, nr Bridgnorth, Shropshire, United KingdomFollow key characters and discover real stories from Dudmaston Estate as we take a journey […]
Activity: Children’s Trench Talk
Dudmaston Estate Quatt, nr Bridgnorth, Shropshire, United KingdomCommunication was vital in the trenches during WW1. Take a trail around Dudmaston Hall gardens […]
Activities: World War One Centenary Commemorations
Black Country Living Museum Tipton Road, DudleyBlack Country Living Museum's World War One centenary commemorations will culminate in a day of street theatre, storytelling and music based in their historic canal side village.
Conference: Home Fronts: Gender, War and Conflict
University of Worcester Castle Street, Worcester, United KingdomThis Women's History Network Annual Conference will draw upon the perspectives of women’s and gender history and explore practical and emotional survival on the Home Front.
Performance: ‘A Family Concern: The Jewellery Quarter at War’
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter 75-80 Vyse Street, Hockley, Birmingham, United KingdomDiscover one family's story of the First World War A series of special promenade drama […]
Talk: William Weller and the white feather movement
Wolverhampton City Archives Molineux Hotel Building, Whitmore Hill, Wolverhampton, United KingdomWolverhampton City Archivist Heidi McIntosh will give a talk about local architect William Weller and […]
Performance: Sam Sweeney’s Fiddle – Made in the Great War
MAC Birmingham Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, United KingdomIn 2009 Sam Sweeney, fiddle player with Bellowhead, bought a violin in Oxford. It had […]
Exhibition: Craft and Conflict
Bilston Craft Gallery Mount Pleasant, Bilston , United KingdomCraft and Conflict brings together both contemporary and historical items that commemorate and explore the […]
Performance: WW1 Magic Lantern Show
Blakesley Hall Blakesley Road, Yardley, Birmingham, United KingdomOriginal slides from the Great War accompanied by music, readings and poetry. FREE entry. Pre-booking […]
Performance: Birmingham Bach Choir: Unfinished Remembering
Symphony Hall Broad Street, Birmingham, United KingdomTo commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the 1914-18 War the Birmingham Bach Choir has commissioned the poet Euan Tait and its own conductor/composer, Paul Spicer, to write a major choral and orchestral work for performance on 13 September 2014.
Performance: Musical Meditations on the First World War
Birmingham Town Hall Victoria Square, BirminghamSam Lee and members of The Unthanks present Musical Meditations on the First World War. Folk’s finest breathe fresh life into the music, lives and traditions of a lost generation.
Talk: Rural Life in the Great War
Tenbury Museum Goff's School, Cross Street, Tenbury Wells, United KingdomRural Life in the Great War: a talk by Dr Nick Mansfield Dr Nick Mansfield […]
Exhibition: Voices of War
Library of Birmingham Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham, United KingdomThe Voices of War exhibition will consider how the First World War was experienced by the people of Birmingham, drawing on the rich archive, photography and special collections of the Library of Birmingham.
Performance: The Hallowed Turf
Gazebo Theatre presents The Hallowed Turf A Story of Soldiers, Football and Heroes A young […]
Workshop: Birmingham and the First World War, a session for teachers
Library of Birmingham Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham, United KingdomA FREE workshop for teachers to explore the collections of Birmingham Archives & Heritage and […]
Choir Performance: St Thomas More Primary School
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, United KingdomListen to the choir from St. Thomas More Catholic Primary school as they perform songs […]
Study Day: ‘The YMCA Goes to War’
Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, United KingdomA study day devoted to the welfare and humanitarian work of the international YMCA in the […]
Workshop: Voices of the First World War: creative writing, conflict and reconciliation
Library of Birmingham Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham, United KingdomA partnership event with Voices of War and Peace, the Birmingham Literature Festival and Writing […]
Commemorative Activities: The impact of the First World War on Leintwardine and neighbouring villages
A series of events organised by Leintwardine History Society to commemorate the outbreak of the […]
Performance: The Hallowed Turf
The Drum 144 Potters Lane, Birmingham, United KingdomGazebo Theatre presents The Hallowed Turf Thursday 16 Oct, 7:30pm, The Drum The Hallowed Turf […]
Event: Spoken for the first time
University of Birmingham Edgbaston , Birmingham , United KingdomJoin us in commemorating World War 1 as we read messages from a large collection […]
Conference: 1914, A Hundred Years On
University of Worcester Castle Street, Worcester, United KingdomSpeakers include Peter Hart, Paul Handford and Martin Brown. Tickets on sale now - just […]
Talk: Sleepwalking to War? Britain in 1914 and 1939
University of Birmingham Edgbaston , Birmingham , United KingdomDid Great Britain stumble blindly into two world wars? Marking the WW1 Centenary Dr Jonathan […]
Exhibition: The Friends’ Ambulance Unit in the First World War
Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, United KingdomExhibition telling the story of the Friends' Ambulance Unit, which operated as a volunteer medical […]
Symposium: WW1 and children – myths, images and engagement
University of Worcester St John's Campus, Henwick Grove, Worcester, United KingdomThe centenary of the outbreak of the First World War has led to a proliferation […]
Exhibition: Rebel Visions: The War Art of CRW Nevinson
Barber Institute of Fine Arts University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United KingdomThe powerful art and contradictory personality of British war artist Richard Nevinson will be explored […]
Discussion: Black Soldiers and the First World War
Library of Birmingham Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom2014 marks the centenary of the First World War and there have been a series […]
Workshop: Poetry & Conflict with Beatfreeks
Library of Birmingham Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham, United KingdomA partnership event with Beatfreeks Poetry writing workshop for young people aged 14-25 Beatfreeks is […]
Talk: Centenary of the Battle of Gheluvelt
The Hive Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester, United KingdomOne third of the Worcestershire 2nd battalion were lost at the Battle of Gheluvelt on […]
Lecture: ‘Conscience, Service and Sacrifice: The Friends’ Ambulance Unit in the First World War’
Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, United KingdomHistorian Paul Handford MBE will be talking on the experiences of those individuals, who for […]
Performance: Foreign Fields with The Play House
Library of Birmingham Centenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham, United KingdomForeign Fields is a new piece of children's theatre created by The Play House theatre in […]
Workshop: War and Peace writing day
Barber Institute of Fine Arts University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United KingdomInspired by Rebel Visions: The War Art of CRW Nevinson and writing from the First […]
Talk: Equality and the Army
Northampton Museum & Art Gallery Guildhall Road, Northampton , United KingdomCome and join us for a panel discussion exploring the role of men, women and […]
