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Gateways to the First World War is a centre for public engagement with the Great War centenary, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Our aim is to encourage and support public interest in the centenary through a range of events and activities such as open days and study days, advice on access to materials and expertise, and signposting for other resources and forms of support.
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  1. Telling tales: the public and private lives of letters

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    In this blogpost Dr Sarah Haybittle discusses recent work undertaken using a letter written in 1917 between a soldier and his sweetheart as source material for research and her creative practice.

    Sarah Haybittle, 2014    ‘help me endure and survive this bitterness’
  2. Voices of India: The First World War

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    Gateways Network Member Jack Davies reviews the Voices of India conference that took place in Brighton on 21 November 2015.

    Jaseep, Amanroop and Harleen, Take the Bachelors to War: Songs of Separation. Photo credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton
  3. Edith Cavell in the Cinema

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    On Saturday 24 October Legacies of War and Gateways to the First World War hosted a screening of Dawn (1928) at Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds.

    Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds. © Copyright Betty Longbottom and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence
  4. HLF success for First World War projects

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    During 2015 Gateways to the First World War has been working with a number of groups developing First World War projects. We are very pleased that many of these have been awarded funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (...

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    A female tram conductor of the LUR Tramway Company issues a ticket to a British soldier on an open top tram. © IWM (Q 109772)
  5. Behind the lines – mapping and navigating Western Front landscapes through spatial technologies

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    A blogpost by Professor Keith Lilley (Queen's University Belfast) setting out an analytical framework for using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) as a 21st century spatial technology to explore First World War trench...

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    From H. S. L. Winterbotham, ‘British Survey on the Western Front’, The Geographical Journal 53 (4) (Apr., 1919), pp. 253-271, page 263
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