1916

Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 24 (1916)

Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 20th June 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio This time James Errington is joined by John Ashlin to explore the music of 1916. While Europe lies devastated in the midst of the darkest year of the first world war, America is hotting up, with the birth of jazz and blues music imminent, …

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James Joyce – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

The first and easily the most accessible of Joyce’s three novels, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man tells the story of the early life of Stephen Dedalus, a fictionalized version of Joyce who will later appear in Ulysses. Cut down from a gigantic experimental autobiography, the work took Joyce the best part …

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1916 in Film

  Intolerance The Floorwalker Sherlock Holmes Fatty and Mabel Adrift The Rink 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Cenere The Mystery of the Leaping Fish Judex: L’ombre mystérieuse (The Mysterious Shadow), Episode 1 Farmer Alfalfa Sees New York Joan The Woman Snow White Hell’s Hinges East Is East The Danger Girl Behind the Screen Civilization One …

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Elsewhere in 1916

January 1 — The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. January 10 — In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia inflicts a defeat on the Ottoman Empire. January 13 – Ottoman Empire forces defeat the Allied British in the Battle of Wadi. February …

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