They could be asked to explain how having an empire might help countries fighting in World War One and whether colonies might want to help. After watching this short film, they could write a ...

Condensing Pat Barker’s expansive trilogy of World War I novels into one film is no easy task. But this moving view of the unseen wounds of the conflict wisely zeroes in on the shellshock ...

As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...

Iichi Marumo started competing in his late 80s, after a life spent farming, publishing poetry and volunteering to fly in a ...

What does war look like from the inside? Ask Congo’s young slam poets.

Carton de Wiart died in 1963 at the age of 83, but his exploits have inspired generations of service members in the United ...

The American scholar of 20th-century literature and culture Elizabeth Outka has argued that works such as The Second Coming ...

Sometimes reading poetry can feel exhilarating, like you are finally seeing and being seen. Other times it’s a slog that leaves you desperate for a nap ...

The Thin Red Line is a 1998 war film that is based on the 1962 autobiographical novel by James Jones, and it tells the story ...

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.