1914

Radio Podcast #22 – 1914

James Errington takes you on another trip into the ancient history of recorded sound, this time joined by Cambridge native Liam Higgins to review the music scene on both sides of the Atlantic in 1914, the year the lights famously went out all over Europe. This episode includes for the first (and hopefully the last) …

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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 22 (1914)

Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 25th April 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio James Errington takes you on another trip into the ancient history of recorded sound, this time joined by Cambridge native Liam Higgins to review the music scene on both sides of the Atlantic in 1914, the year the lights famously went out all over …

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1914 in Art

Giorgio de Chirico – The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street August Macke – Farewell StanisÅ‚awa de KarÅ‚owska — Swiss Cottage Ernst Ludwig Kirchner — Potsdamer Platz Giacomo Balla – Mercurio transita davanti al sole Franz Marc – Animals in a Landscape Fernand Léger — Nature morte (Still life) Pablo Picasso – Ma Jolie Oskar …

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The Christmas Truce & The Football Match

One of the most widely-known stories of the first world war is the Christmas truce. The British soldiers hear the Germans singing ‘Silent Night’, they venture out into no-man’s land, exchange gifts and have a game of football. Much of this story appears to be true, though it is important to remember that the front …

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Mark Bostridge – The Fateful Year: England 1914

The date was Bank Holiday Monday, 3 August 1914, and it was destined to be a day of final, irrevocable and fateful decision. Even as the camera shutter fell, preserving this carefree scene, the larger issues of peace and war continued to hang in the balance… Nearly thirty-six hours later, Britain would declare war on …

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Martha, The Last Passenger Pigeon

On September 1st 1914, Martha, the last passenger pigeon in existence died. Three hundred years before, when the first settlers were arriving in North America, it was the most common bird in the continent, with up to 5 billion individuals. The story of the passenger pigeon is that of colonial destruction and contempt for the …

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