Oh! What a lovely podcast
A history podcast discussing various cultural genres which reference the First World War, including detective fiction, Star Wars and death metal music, and ask why the First World War has particular popular cultural relevance.
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52 - Teaching the First World War
11/01/2024
52 - Teaching the First World War
How do you teach the FIrst World War? This month we're joined by Dr Ann-Marie Einhaus and Prof Catriona Pennell to reflect on their 'First World War in the Classroom' project that explored the ways the conflict was taught in schools. Along the way we discuss the role of battlefield tours, the time constraints faced by teachers, and whether the centenary has changed the way the war is taught' References:
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51 - Public History with Greg Jenner
10/01/2024
51 - Public History with Greg Jenner
Can you turn the First World War into sketch comedy? This month we talk to the public historian, podcaster, and author Greg Jenner. Along the way we discuss his work on the Horrible Histories television show, the difficulties of being funny about twentieth-century history, the different ways in which the public now consume history, and why Jessica might be considering changing career to become a comedian. References:Horrible Histories (2008-Present) You're Dead to Me (2020-Present)
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50 - Black Hand Gang
09/01/2024
50 - Black Hand Gang
What happens when the First World War meets pulp science fiction? This month we read the novel: (the first in the No Man's World trilogy) by Pat Kelleher. The book depicts a fictional battalion of British soldiers who are transported from the Somme to a strange alien world. As a result we discuss supernatural horror and the war, the use of slang, and whether this book was written explicitly for Chris. References: Pat Kelleher, Black Hand Gang (No Man’s Word Book 1) (2011) Daniel Dafoe, Robinson Crusoe (1719) Dennis Wheatley, The Devil Rides Out (1934) Pat Barker, Regeneration (1991) Neil Gaiman, The Sandman (1989 - present) Juno Dawson, Her Majesty’s Royal Coven (2022) Reginal Hill, The Wood Beyond (1995) Blackadder Goes Forth, BBC TV (1989) Pat Mills, Charley’s War (1979-1986) Brian Lumbley HG Wells HP Lovecraft
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49 - The Warm Hands of Ghosts
08/01/2024
49 - The Warm Hands of Ghosts
What happens when fantasy meets the First World War? This month, we read 'The Warm Hands of Ghosts' by Katherine Arden, a novel which follows Canadian nurse Laura Iven as she searches for her brother behind the lines in the militarised area known as the ‘Forbidden Zone’. The plot hinges around a mysterious character called Faland, who runs an elusive hotel with no set location that men find to drink and relax In the discussion, we consider the fictional use of historical characters, whether the war began in 1917, and Chris' new scale for measuring war-related novels. Links: Neil Gaiman, The Sandman (1989-present) Alice Winn, (2023) Robert Graves, Good-bye To All That (1929) Mary Borden, The Forbidden Zone (1929) L. M. Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside (1921) The Battle of the Somme (1916) R. H. Mottram, The Spanish Farm Trilogy (1930) Lesley Glaister, (2020) Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory (1975) Owen Davies, A Supernatural War (2018) Lucifer (2016-2021) Pierre Purseigle, Mobilisation, Sacrifice et Citoyenneté. Des communautés locales face à la guerre moderne. Angleterre – France, 1900-1918 (2013) (2022) Rachel Duffett, The Stomach for Fighting (2012) Kate Macdonald, (2016) Kim Newman, The Bloody Red Baron (1995) Pat Kelleher, Black Hand Gang (2010)
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48 - No(Wo)man's Land: Writing history at the intersections of gender and First World War Studies
07/01/2024
48 - No(Wo)man's Land: Writing history at the intersections of gender and First World War Studies
This month Angus, Chris and Jessica discuss Jessica's professorial , 'No (Wo)man's Land: writing history at the intersection of gender and First World War studies'. Along the way we consider the problem of masculinity as an empty analytic category, the importance of the centenary for the study of the First World War and what Jessica might have done if she hadn't gone in to academia. There is also a sneak preview of exciting forthcoming and future projects from all three of us. References: Jessica Meyer, Jessica Meyer, Men of War: Masculinity and the First World War in Britain (2008) Jessica Meyer, Equal Burden: The Men of the Royal Army Medical Corps in the First World War (2019) Kate Adie, Fighting on the Home Front: The Legacy of Women in World War One (2013) Kate Adie, , The Guardian, 23rd September, 2013 Barbara Tuchman, The Guns of August (1962) Deborah Thom, Nice Girls and Rude Girls: Women Workers in World War 1 (1998) Tammy Proctor, Female Intelligence: Women and Espionage in the First World War (2003) Margaret MacMillan, Peacemakers (2001) Adrian Gregory, The Last Great War (2008) Jeremy Paxman, Great Britain's Great War (2013) John Tosh and Michael Roper (eds), Manful Assertions: Masculinities in Britain Since 1800 (1991) Denise Riley, Am I That Name?: Feminism and the Category of ‘Women’ (1988) R.W. Connell, Masculinities (1993) Joan W. Scott, ‘Rewriting History’ in Margaret R. Higonnet, et. al. (eds), Behind the Lines: Gender and the Two World Wars (2008) Branden Little (ed), Humanitarianism in the Era of the First World War, special issue ofFirst World War Studies, vol.5, no.1 (2014) Heather Perry, Recycling the Disabled: Army, Medicine, and Modernity in World War I Germany (2014) Michele Moyd, Violent Intermediaries: African Soldiers, Conquest, and Everyday Colonialism in German East Africa (2014) Susan Grayzel, Women and the First World War (2002) Alexander Mayhew, Making Sense of the Great War: Crisis, Englishness and Morale on the Western Front (2024) Alice Winn, In Memoriam (2023), Sam Mendes, 1917 (2019), Peter Mandler, ‘The Problem with Cultural History’, Cultural and Social History, vol.1, no.1 (2004), 94-117. Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory (1975) Robert Graves, Good-bye to All That (1929) Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front (1929) Rosa Maria Bracco, Merchants of Hope: British Middlebrow Writers and the First World War (1993) Pat Barker, Regeneration (1991) Sebastian Faulks, Birdsong (1993) Alison Light, Forever England: Femininity, Literature, and Conservatism Between the Wars (1991) Jessica Meyer, Chris Kempshall and Markus Pöhlman, , 1914-18 Online, 7th February, 2022 Chris Kempshall, (2024) Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts (2024)
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47 - Oh What a lovely War
05/01/2024
47 - Oh What a lovely War
What happens when three historians watch a key play about the First World War? This month we took a field trip to see at the Leeds Playhouse. As a result we discuss the nature of the performance, the changing image of Douglas Haig, and wonder whether audiences were supposed to sing along. ReferencesAlan Clark, The Donkeys (1961) John McCrae, In Flanders Field (1915) William Phillpot, Bloody Victory: The Sacrifice on the Somme and the Making of the Twentieth Century (2010) Dan Todman, The Great War in Myth and Memory (2005) Oh! What a lovely war (Original London Cast) (1983)
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46 - Egyptian Encounters
04/01/2024
46 - Egyptian Encounters
What opportunities did the First World War provide for cultural tourism? This month Angus, Jessica and Chris speak to Allison Bennett, winner of the 2023 Gail Braybon Award for her work on war-time cross-cultural sexual encounters during the First World War. Along the way we discuss #MeToo, and the post-war legacies of these encounters for families, and the popularity of the Pyramids and camels as a tourist attractions. References:GallipoliPeter Stanley, Bad CharactersAlexia Moncrieff, Expertise, Authority and ControlAlan Beyerchen and Emre Spencer (eds.), Expeditionary Forces in the First World WarTomas Irish, Universities at WarRudyard Kipling, KimThe Arabian Nights
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45 - War Hospital
02/01/2024
45 - War Hospital
What happens when you turn a First World War medical process into a computer game? This month Angus, Jessica, and Chris take control of wartime medicine in the game . Along the way we discuss the importance of evacuation, difficult ethical decisions, and why Chris' conscience is completely clear. If you listen to this episode and share it on social media you can also win a free copy of the game! References: (2024) An Unequal Burden, Jessica Meyer (2019) Regeneration, Pat Barker (1991)
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44 - The Grizzled
01/01/2024
44 - The Grizzled
What happens when you turn the French experience of the war into a cooperative game? This month Jessica, Angus, and Chris played a cooperative game focused on guiding a group of French soldiers through the war. Along the way they discuss the morale boosting merits of different drinks, the difference between physical and mental traumas, and whether they are now obliged to design their own British version. References: Meyer, Jessica, Kempshall, Chris, Pöhlmann, Markus: Life and Death of Soldiers , in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War Kempshall, Chris: Le Poilu , in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War Meyer, Jessica, Kempshall, Chris, Pöhlmann, Markus: Life and Death of Soldiers , in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War Smith, Leonard V. Between Mutiny and Obedience: The Case of the French Fifth Infantry Division During World War I (2003) Tardi, Jaques Goddam this war! (2013)
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43 - Women at War
12/01/2023
43 - Women at War
What happens when you set a telenovela in First World War France? This month Chris, Angus and Jessica review the Netflix limited series Les Combattantes (Women at War). Along the way, we discuss untranslatable words, the relationship between war atrocities and propaganda, recreational drug use, and the excellent communication links of a small-town convent. References: Women at war, (2022)The Bonfire of Destiny, (2019)RH Mottram, The Spanish Farm, (1924)John Horne and Alan Kramer, German Atrocities, 1914: A history of denial (2001) Lukasz Kamienski, Shooting Up: A history of drugs in warfare (2016)
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42 - They Shall Not Grow Old
11/01/2023
42 - They Shall Not Grow Old
What should we take from a First World War documentary? Following our adventure to Canada for the International Society for First World War Studies conference, we welcome Prof Robert Burgoyne to discuss his keynote paper on the Peter Jackson film They Shall Not Grow Old (2018). Along the way, we explore the ways in which war films can quote from each other, differences in structure to the film 1917, and the importance of audience expectations when creating a historical piece. ReferencesRobert Burgoyne, The New American War Film (2023) Santanu Das, ‘Colors of the Past: Archive, Art and Amnesia in a Digital Era’, American Historical Review 124.5 (2019) Otto Dix, Der Krieg (1924) Adrian Gregory, The Silence of Memory (1994) Samuel Hynes, A War Imagined (1991) Peter Jackson, They Shall Not Grow Old (1918)Sam Mendes, 1917 (1919) Bal Mieke, Quoting Caravaggio: Contemporary Art, Preposterous History (1999) Lewis Millstone, All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) Stephen Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan (1930) Allison Tanine, ‘Digital Film Restoration and the Politics of Whiteness in Peter Jackson’s, They Shall Not Grow Old’, Quarterly Review of Film and Video 39.5 (2021) Rebecca West, The Return of the Soldier (1918)
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41 - The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror
10/01/2023
41 - The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror
How did the First World War inspire the horror genre? This month we welcome W. Scott Poole (Charleston) to discuss his 2018 book Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror. Along the way we discuss the American experience of war, the importance of J'Accuse, and the political affiliations of 20th century zombies.
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40 - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
09/01/2023
40 - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
What happens when you send Indiana Jones into the First World War? In this episode, we are joined by Thomas Riddle. Thomas runs the website (which aims to provide teachers with resources to integrate everyone’s favourite archaeologist into the classroom) to discuss the 1990s TV series ‘The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles’. Along the way we discuss the show as an educational tool, the many historical figures that appear in the series, and the importance of learning foreign languages! References:The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992-1996) Samuel Hynes, The Soldiers' Tale: Bearing Witness to Modern War (Allen Lane, 1997)
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39 - Benediction
08/01/2023
39 - Benediction
How do you create a biopic of one of the most famous First World War poets? This month we're joined by Dr Jane Potter (Oxford Brookes) to discuss the 2021 film Benediction about the life of Siegfried Sassoon. Along the way we explore the long shadow of Regeneration, soldiers in drag, and the brilliance of Edith Sitwell. We also get very excited by a surprise cameo from the star of a previous episode! References: Alice Winn, In Memoriam (2023) Benediction’ is a shattering biopic of the English war poet Siegfried Sassoon, Benediction review – Terence Davies’ piercingly sad Siegfried Sassoon drama, Brian Bond, The Unquiet Western Front (2008) Edith Sitwell, Wheels (1919) Jane Potter, (2023) Regeneration, dir by Gillies MacKinnon (1997) Siegfried Sasson, The Complete Memoirs of George They Shall Not Grow Old, dir by Peter Jackson (2018)
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38 - In Memoriam
07/01/2023
38 - In Memoriam
What do you get when you cross Journey's End with Brideshead Revisited? This month Angus, Chris and Jessica review Alice Winn's best-selling new novel, In Memoriam. The book follows Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood from public school and through the war. Half-German, Gaunt's mother asks him to enlist in the British army to protect the family from anti-German attacks. He signs up immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings. But Ellwood and their classmates soon follow him into the horrors of trenches. Though Ellwood and Gaunt find fleeting moments of solace in one another, their friends are dying in front of them, and at any moment they could be next. Along the way we discuss class, conscription and the difficulties of describing the boredom and violence of war in popular fiction. References1917 (2019) A.J. Evans, The Escaping ClubAlfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam A. H. H (1850) Alice Winn, In Memoriam (2023) All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) Charles Carrington, A Subaltern's WarErnst Younger, Storm of Steel (1929) Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited Ian Isherwood, Remembering the Great War (2017) , The Guardian (12 March 2023) Justin Fantauzzo and Robert L. Nelson (2016), 'A Most Unmanly War: British Military Masculinity in Macedonia, Mesopotamia and Palestine, 1914-18', Gender & History 28(3): 587-603, DOI: 10.1111/1468-0424.12240 Heartstopper (2022) Max Plowman, A Subaltern on the SommePat Barker, Regeneration Trilogy (1991-1995) Peaky Blinders RC Sherriff, Journey’s End (1928) Rupert Brookes, Goodbye to All That (1929) Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man (1929) Star Trek Stephen Fry, The LiarThe Gallows Pole (2023) The Great Escape (1963) The History Boys (2006) This is Spinal Tap (1984) This Is the Week That Was Pat Barker, Regeneration Trilogy (1991-1995)
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37 - Our Dream Adaptations
06/01/2023
37 - Our Dream Adaptations
What First World War cultural representations would you like to see adapted for the screen? This month Angus, Chris and Jessica discuss their dream adaptations of novels, short stories and computer games for the big or small screen. Along the way, we explore what makes for a good film versus a good television series, we consider how to overcome the challenge of the Bechdel test in filming the war, and Chris introduces us to the Bertie Wooster/animé scale of realism. References:1917, dir. by Sam Mendes (1919) AG Macdonell, England, Their England (1933) Akira, dir. by Katsuhiro Otomo (1988) All Quiet on the Western Front, dir. by Edward Berger (2022) Capt WE Johns, Biggles Goes North (1939) Capt WE Johns, Biggles Goes East (1935) Emma Hanna, The Great War on the small screen (2009) Ford Madox Ford, Parades End (1924) Frederic Manning, Her Privates We (1930) Lupin, Netflix (2021) Peter Berresford Ellis et al, Biggles!: Life of Captain WE Johns (1993) Ralph Hale Mottram, The Spanish Farm Trilogy (1930) RC Sherriff, Journey’s End (1928) Sapper, Bulldog Drummond (1920) The Wind Rises, dir. by Hayao Miyazaki (2013 The Monocled Mutineer, dir. by Jim O’Brien (1986) Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Ubisoft (2014)
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36 - Journey's End
04/01/2023
36 - Journey's End
By popular demand! This month Chris, Angus and Jessica discuss productions of R.C. Sherriff'sJourney's End, including the original play and the 1930 and 2017 film versions. Along the way, we consider the importance of James Whale, whether the French changed their clocks during the war and the definition of an anti-war play, while Chris makes a bid for the over-arching significance of moustaches to the history of the war. References RC Sherriff, Journey’s End (1928) Emily Curtis Walters, Between Entertainment and Elegy: The unexpected success of RC Sherriff’s “Journey’s End”’, Journal of British Studies 55.2 James Whale, Journey’s End (1930) James Whale, Frankenstein (1931) James Whale, The Road Back (1937) James Curtis, James Whale: A new world of Gods and Monsters (2003) Lewis Millstone, All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 N Enstaff, Journey’s End: York Notes for GCSE (2006) Rosa Maria Bracco, Merchants of Hope: British Middlebrow Writers and the First World War, 1919-1939 (Berg, 1993) Saul Dibb, Journey’s End (2017) Scott Poole, Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror (2018)
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35 - The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
03/01/2023
35 - The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
What happens when Peaky Blinders meets Ballet Rambert? This month Chris finds out about Jessica and Angus's trip to see , otherwise known as Peaky Blinders: The Ballet. Along the way we discuss the narrative structure of ballet, the industrialisation of the body in wartime and whether we are still living in the era of the First World War. ReferencesCabaret (1966) Metropolis (1927/1984) Les Miserables (1985) Abel Gance, J'Accuse (1919) Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory (1975) Robert Gerwarth and John Horne (eds.), War in Peace: Paramilitarism in Europe after the Great War, 1917-1923 (2011)
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34 - National WWI Museum and Memorial
02/01/2023
34 - National WWI Museum and Memorial
How do you stage an exhibition on POWs at a museum? This month we're joined by Lora Vogt from the in Kansas City, Missouri, to discuss their new exhibition: 'Captured'. Along the way, we talk about how POWs have been obscured from modern memory, the benefits of online content, and how to make someone drive five days across America.
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33 - All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
01/01/2023
33 - All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
What happens when you convert a seminal First World War novel into a big budget film? This month Angus, Jessica, and Chris discuss the 2022 Netflix version of All Quiet on the Western Front. Along the way they debate the importance of timeline changes, the film's use of violence, and pitch a few alternative films to any listeners from Hollywood. ReferencesLewis Millstone, All Quiet on the Wester Front (1930) Delbert Mann, All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) Abel Gance, J'accuse (1919) Saul Dibb, Journey's End (2017) 37 Days (2014) Sam Mendes, 1917 (1919) Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front (1928) Frederic Manning, Her Privates We (1929) rottentomatoes.com,
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32 - Postcards from the Western Front
12/01/2022
32 - Postcards from the Western Front
What happened when people wanted to visit the battlefields of the First World War? This month we're rejoined by Prof (University of Kent) to discuss his new book . Along the way we discuss ownership of the battlefields, issues of infrastructure for tourists, and what happens if your mum visits you in the trenches.
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31 - Giantpoppywatch - Commemoration and Remembrance
10/29/2022
31 - Giantpoppywatch - Commemoration and Remembrance
How do you commemorate the First World War in the age of social media? This month we take a look at the twitter account and discuss the various ways people seem to commemorate the war. Along the way we discuss armistice balls, yarn bombing, and which muppet is the most respectful.
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30 - The Thirty-Nine Steps
10/01/2022
30 - The Thirty-Nine Steps
This month Jessica, Angus and Chris discuss John Buchan's 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps. Along the way they discuss the importance of the Scottish countryside, the deviousness of espionage, and why you should never get in a car with Richard Hanney. WARNING: This episode contains references to racist language and ideas from the early 20th century. References: John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) John Buchan, Greenmantle (1916) John Buchan, Mr Standfast (1919) Alfred Hitchcock, The 39 Steps (1935) Ralph Thomas, The 39 Steps (1959) Don Sharp, The 39 Steps (1978) James Hawes, The 39 Steps (2008) Orson Welles, The 39 Steps (1938) Ben Schott, Jeeves and the King of Clubs (2018) Sapper, Bulldog Drummond (1920)
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29 - The Red Baron
08/01/2022
29 - The Red Baron
How do you portray the most famous flying ace of the First World War? This month we're joined by (Leeds) to discuss Baron Manfred von Richtofen also known as 'The Red Baron'. Along the way we examine the ways his myth evolved during the war, the ways he was appropriated by the Nazis, and the threat he posed to Snoopy. If you would like to join Chris for the launch of his new book The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy, the event is on August 13, 2022 at 11AM PST / 1PM CST / 7PM BST. You can find the registration details . References (2008) (2006) (2008) (1943) (1994) (2005) (1990 video game) John Buchan, Mr Standfast (1919) WE Johns, Biggles Chris Kempsall, The History and Politics of Star Wars (2022) Manfred von Richthofen, Der rote Kampfflieger (1917) Baroness Kunigunde von Richthofen, Mein Kriegstagebuch (1937) Charles Schulz, Snoopy vs the Red Baron
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28 - The King's Men
07/01/2022
28 - The King's Men
What happens if you combine the First World War with an action-adventure film? This month we watch the 2021 film The King's Man and discuss its portrayal of an alternative vision of the war. Along the way we explore John Buchan novels, the absence of key historical events, and wonder about whatever happened to Wilfred Owen. References: John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915) John Buchan, Greenmantle (1916) John Buchan, Mr Standfast (1919) John Buchan, The Three Hostages (1924) Alfred Hitchcock, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1935) Patrick Barlow, The Thirty-Nine Steps (2005) James Hawes, The Thirty-Nine Steps (2008) 'Sapper' [H. C. McNeil], Bulldog Drummond (1920) Arthur Conan Doyle, The Final Problem (1893) 37 Days (2014), Blackadder, 'Goodbyeee' (1989) James Joll, The Origins of the First World War (1984) Wilfred Owen, 'Dulce et Decorum Est' (first published 1920) Abel Gance, J'accuse (1919) Paul Fussell, The Great War and Modern Memory (1975) Lewis Millstone, All Quiet on the Western Front (1931) Otto Dix, Der Krieg (1924) Sam Mendes, 1917 (2019), Jessica Meyer, '', 30/10/2013 Ben Schott, Jeeves and the King of Clubs (2018) Sarah Moss, Night Waking (2011) George Tomkyns Chesney, The Battle of Dorking (1871) George MacDonald Fraser, Flashman (1969) Brian Fee and John Lasseter, Cars (2006) A. E. W. Mason, The Four Feathers (1902) EA Dice Battlefield 1 (2016)
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27 - Over the Top Magazine
06/01/2022
27 - Over the Top Magazine
How do you get children interested in the First World War? In this podcast episode, we are joined by Andrew Powell-Thomas, editor of , a history magazine aimed at children, published by the . We then speak to two special guests, who give us their opinion. Along the way we consider how you get specialist historians to write for children, what stories spark historical interest and the importance of animals to the history of the war. References: Rudyard Kipling, ‘’ Mark Connelly The Great War, Memory and Ritual: Commemoration in the City and East London, 1916-1939. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer, 2015.
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26 - Textiles
05/01/2022
26 - Textiles
How are embroidery, and the women who do it, portrayed in the years after the First World War? This month Jessica takes us on a tour of post-war embroidery in Tracy Chevalier's A Single Thread and Dorothy Whipple's High Wages. Along the way we discuss surplus women, the varying perceptions of embroidery as skilled work, and the constant reminders of the First World War. References:Tracy Chevalier, A Single Thread (2019) Dorothy Whipple, High Wages (1930) Dorothy L. Sayers, Unnatural Death (1927) Dorothy L. Sayers, Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928) Herman Darewski and R.P. Weston, ‘Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts for Soldiers’ (1914). is Billy Murry’s 1915 version) Janet S.K. Watson, Fighting Different Wars: Experience, Memory and the First World War (2004) Alexia Moncrieff, Expertise, Authority and Control: The Australian Army Medical Corps in the First World War(2020) Ana Carden-Coyne, ‘Butterfly Touch: rehabilitation, nature and the haptic arts in the First World War’, Critical Military Studies 6:2 (2020) Lesley Glaister, Blasted Things (2020). See of the podcast for our discussion with Lesley Glaister. , Leeds City Museum 10th-18th November 2018:
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25 - The Contemporary Image of the Junior British Officer
04/01/2022
25 - The Contemporary Image of the Junior British Officer
What did it take to be a good junior officer in the First World War? This month, Chris, Angus and Jessica speak to Charles Fair about the development of junior officer training in the war. Along the way we discuss the significance of the Territorial Force, which schools had officer training corps and the definition of a 'temporary gentleman'. References Blackadder Goes Forth (1983) Charles Fair, (2012) Charles Fair, 'From OTC to OCB: The Professionalisation of the Selection and Training of Junior Temporary Officers During the Great War' in Spencer Jones (ed) 1917: , pp.78-109 Dan Todman, The Great War: Myth and Memory (2007) Dorothy L. Sayers, Murder Must Advertise (1933) Gary Sheffield, Leadership in the Trenches: Officer-Man Relations, Morale and Discipline in the British Army in the Era of the First World War (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2000) Henry Ogle and Michael Glover (ed), The Fateful Battle Line: The Great War Journals and Sketches of Captain Henry Ogle MC (1993) H. F. Maltby, A Temporary Gentleman (1920) Ian Isherwood, Remembering the Great War: Writing and Publishing the Experiences of World War I (2017) John Bourne, ‘British Generals in the First World War’ in Gary Sheffield (ed), Leadership and Command: The Anglo-American Military Experience since 1861, (London: Brassey's, 1997) pp. 93-116 John Bourne, ‘The BEF's Generals on 29 September 1918: An Empirical Portrait with Some British and Australian Comparisons’ in Peter Dennis and Jeffrey Gray (eds), Defining Victory 1918, (Canberra: Army History Unit, Dept of Defence, 1999), pp.96-113. Martin Petter, (1994). ‘Temporary Gentlemen’ in the aftermath of the Great War: Rank, status and the ex-officer problem. The Historical Journal, 37(1), 127-152. doi:10.1017/S0018246X00014734 Michael Roper, The Secret Battle: Emotional Survival in the Great War (2009) Paul Harris, The Men Who Planned the War: A Study of the Staff of the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918(2015) Peter Simkins,‘ ‘Building Blocks’: Aspects of Command and Control at Brigade level in the BEF’s Offensive Operations, 1916-–1918’ in Gary Sheffield and Dan Todman (eds), Command and Control on the Western Front: The British Army’s Experience 1914-18, (Staplehurst: Spellmount, 2004) R.C. Sherrif, Journey's End (1928) Reginald Hill, The Wood Beyond (1995) Robert Graves, Goodbye to All That (1929) Royal Military College Sandhurst, ‘Syllabus of the Course of Instruction (For Three-Term Course)’, 1912 Siegfried Sassoon, The Memoirs of George Sherston (1928-1936) Tim Halstead, ' "A Ragged Business": Officer Training Corps, Public Schools and the Recruitment of the Junior Officer Corps of 1916' in Spencer Jones (ed) At All Costs: The British Army on the Western Front 1916, pp. 414-429. Also see his forthcoming More Than Victims of Horace: Public Schools 1914-1918 (Helion, 2022)
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24 - Football
03/03/2022
24 - Football
What effect did the First World War have on football? This month we're joined by Dr Alexander Jackson (National Football Museum) to discuss the ways in which the First World War and football affected each other during and after the conflict. Along the way we discuss football as a recruitment tool, tensions regarding amateur status, and the reason why some football pitches aren't as equal as others... References: Jackson, A. Football’s Great War. Pen & Sword, 2022
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23 - Charley's War
02/01/2022
23 - Charley's War
How is the First World War represented in British comics? In 1979 the Battle launched a new strip, Charley's War. The story followed boy soldier Charley Bourne, who fought his way through the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and ended up in Russia in 1919. Written by Pat Mills, it was inspired by the film Oh! What a lovely war. The aim of the strip was not to glorify the conflict but to encourage the reader to re-evaluate their preconceptions of the First World War. At the time of publication, what made this unusual was it went against the standard preconceived historical storylines in other comic strips, which worked to normalise war and elevate the central character to the status of a hero. Angus enthusiastically read them at the time, Chris and Jessica are much more recent consumers of Charley's War. References: 'r’, IWM Comics and Conflicts Conference (2011) Fussell, Paul, The Great War and Modern Memory (Oxford: Oxford University Press 1975) Hynes, Samuel, The Soldier's Tale: Bearing Witness to a Modern War (Allen Lane 1997) Jachimiak, Peter Hughes. "'Woolly Bears and Toffee Apples': History, Memory, and Masculinity in Charley's War", The Lion and the unicorn, 31.2 (2007), 162-175 MacCallum-Stewart, Esther, 'The First World War and British Comics' University of Sussex Journal of Contemporary History. 6 (2003) 1-18 Mills, Pat, and Joe Colquhoun, Charley's War (London: Titan Books, 2004) Williams, Rachel Marie-Crane, 'Image, Text, and Story: Comics and Graphic Novels in the Classroom’, Art Education, 61.6 (2008), 13-19 Wurtz, James F., 'Representing the Great War: Violence, Memory, and Comic Form’, Pacific Coast Philology, 44.2 (2009), 205-215
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