He was a founder of Vorticism - a British art movement that grew out of Cubism. The Admiralty experimented with various camouflage ideas during WW1. They had considered similar proposals by US ...

During the recovery of bodies following the Battle of Marne in France in 1914, his pipes were accidentally set off, alerting ...

WW1: How did an artist help Britain fight the war at sea? documentWW1: How did an artist help Britain fight the war at sea? Dr Sam Willis discovers how the British artist Norman Wilkinson ...

The Dickin Medal, also known as the animals' Victoria Cross, was awarded for bravery 54 times between 1943 and 1949: to 18 ...

"The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time" So remarked the British Foreign ...

If you're not sure what the last line means, you're not alone. WW1 gave rise to a number of slang and colloquial expressions such as these, but some lasted longer than others. Another word which ...

Travel in the Highlands was severely restricted during WW1 and anyone wishing to do so ... Local pass books had to be carried by all British subjects resident in Inverness since August 1914.

Bagpipes were carried into other battles during WW1, and again during World War Two. Piper Daniel Laidlaw won the Victoria Cross for his actions at The Battle of Loos, the largest British battle ...

Russia has revoked the accreditation of two British diplomats over alleged intelligence activities, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Monday, the latest in a series of tit-for-tat ...