A history podcast discussing various cultural genres which reference the First World War, including detective fiction, Star Wars and death metal music,... more
How do you walk people through First World War landscapes? This month we welcome back Prof Mark Connelly to... more
How do you teach the FIrst World War? This month we're joined by Dr Ann-Marie Einhaus and Prof Catriona Pennell... more
Can you turn the First World War into sketch comedy? This month we talk to the public historian, podcaster, and... more
What happens when the First World War meets pulp science fiction? This month we read the novel: Black Hand Gang... more
What happens when fantasy meets the First World War? This month, we read 'The Warm Hands of Ghosts' by... more
This month Angus, Chris and Jessica discuss Jessica's professorial inaugural lecture, 'No (Wo)man's Land: writing history at the intersection of... more
What happens when three historians watch a key play about the First World War? This month we took a field... more
What opportunities did the First World War provide for cultural tourism? This month Angus, Jessica and Chris speak to Allison... more
What happens when you turn a First World War medical process into a computer game? This month Angus, Jessica,... more
What happens when you turn the French experience of the war into a cooperative game? This month Jessica, Angus, and... more
What happens when you set a telenovela in First World War France? This month Chris, Angus and Jessica review the... more
What should we take from a First World War documentary? Following our adventure to Canada for the International Society... more
How did the First World War inspire the horror genre? This month we welcome W. Scott Poole (Charleston) to... more
What happens when you send Indiana Jones into the First World War? In this episode, we are joined by Thomas... more
How do you create a biopic of one of the most famous First World War poets? This month we're... more
What do you get when you cross Journey's End with Brideshead Revisited? This month Angus, Chris and Jessica review Alice... more
What First World War cultural representations would you like to see adapted for the screen? This month Angus, Chris and... more
By popular demand! This month Chris, Angus and Jessica discuss productions of R.C. Sherriff'sJourney's End, including the original play and... more
What happens when Peaky Blinders meets Ballet Rambert? This month Chris finds out about Jessica and Angus's trip to see... more
How do you stage an exhibition on POWs at a museum? This month we're joined by Lora Vogt from... more
What happens when you convert a seminal First World War novel into a big budget film? This month Angus, Jessica,... more
What happened when people wanted to visit the battlefields of the First World War? This month we're rejoined by Prof... more
How do you commemorate the First World War in the age of social media? This month we take a... more
This month Jessica, Angus and Chris discuss John Buchan's 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps. Along the way they discuss the... more
How do you portray the most famous flying ace of the First World War? This month we're joined by Prof Ingrid... more
What happens if you combine the First World War with an action-adventure film? This month we watch the 2021... more
How do you get children interested in the First World War? In this podcast episode, we are joined by Andrew... more
How are embroidery, and the women who do it, portrayed in the years after the First World War? This month... more
What did it take to be a good junior officer in the First World War? This month, Chris, Angus and... more
What effect did the First World War have on football? This month we're joined by Dr Alexander Jackson (National... more
How is the First World War represented in British comics? In 1979 the Battle launched a new strip, Charley's War.... more
How did the First World War draw upon classical imagery? This month we are joined by Giles Penman (PhD... more
How has the First World War been represented in Russia? This month Angus, Chris and Jessica are joined by Sofya... more
How do you convert the First World War into a short story? This month we're joined by Dr Ann-Marie... more
How should we remember the man whose assassination sparked the July Crisis? This month we are joined by Dr... more
What songs were popular during the First World War? This month friend of the podcast Dr Emma Hanna (Kent)... more
How does the First World War appear on the stage? This month Angus, Chris and Jessica speak to the... more
How do you turn the diplomatic exchanges before the outbreak of the First World War into a TV drama? This... more
How do you turn the First World War into a computer game? In this episode Chris and Angus talk... more
How does the landscape inform our understanding of a First World War film? In this episode cultural historian Beth Wyatt... more
What themes unite better-known films about the First World War? In this episode, Jessica, Chris and Angus look at... more
What makes a First World War film ‘obscure’? This month Chris, Angus and Jessica discuss some lesser-known films set during... more
Could you play a board game about the First World War, during the First World War? In this episode Jessica,... more
How do you portray a moment of peace during the First World War when it's not always clear what actually... more
How do you write a novel about the First World War without resorting to cliché? This month, Angus, Chris and... more
How does popular culture see Lawrence of Arabia? This month Angus, Chris and Jessica speak to cartoonist Ned Barnett about... more
What happens when a Sunday night crime caper takes the history of the First World War seriously? In this episode... more
Did the First World War inspire organised crime in inter-war Britain? In this episode we talk to Emma Hanna (University... more
How has the First World War been translated by German popular culture? In this episode, Angus, Chris and Jessica... more
Why do some Heavy Metal bands examine the First World War? In this episode we talk to Julia... more
Did the First World War inspire organised crime in inter-war Britain? In this episode we talk to Emma Hanna (University of Kent)... more