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Aileag: Never Such Innocence→
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Shona le fiosrachadh mun fharpais bàrdachd agus ealain Never Such Innocence…
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Never Such Innocence was founded in 2014 by Lady Lucy French, great grand-daughter of Field Marshal Sir John French, to give British children an opportunity to contribute to the centenary commemorations of the First World War…
Read MoreNever forget: Glasgow youngsters remember the First World War→
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CHILDREN from across Scotland are being invited to write poetry and create artworks as part of a nationwide competition aimed at raising awareness of the First World War.
English-based commemoration charity Never Such Innocence held its first event in Scotland yesterday at Glasgow’s City Chambers, where young people from city schools read poems about the conflict, in which more than 100,000 Scots died…
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Children in the island have the chance to learn more about the First World War and remember the contribution of Manx soldiers through art and poetry…
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THE co-founder of national First World War commemoration charity, Never Such Innocence, visited Elizabeth College yesterday to help launch its latest competition for young people…
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CHILDREN from across Scotland are being invited to write poetry and create artworks as part of a competition aimed at raising awareness of the First World War.
English-based commemoration charity Never Such Innocence held its first event in Scotland yesterday at Glasgow’s City Chambers, where young people from city schools read poems about the conflict, in which more than 100,000 Scots died
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How a new generation remembers - interview with Lady Lucy French, granddaughter of WWI General Sir John French→
/You may think the First World War too distant from the lives of todays children for them to be interested not so, says Lady Lucy French, great-granddaughter of the Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, Sir John French, who was in the Island recently to launch a school poetry contest. Caroline Moody reports
IN the autumn of 1915 one of the major offensives of the First World War was fought at the Battle of Loos.
The two-month offensive ended in October – and in failure.
And the following month, Sir John French, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, was forced to step down after a politically and militarily troubled time in charge.
He was replaced by Sir Douglas Haig – himself one of the most controversial of the war generals.
Sir John French was a national hero of the Boer War but his reputation following the First World War was, and remains, somewhat tarnished although some historians agree that he has been treated harshly.… view
BBC R4 The World Tonight
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Excerpt from BBC Radio 4 programme 'The World Tonight' on 15th May 2014. The report about the Never Such Innocence Launch at the Australian High Commission in London. (the link is broken???)
Read MoreTeen poet and University College School student Sam Kaplin wins prestigious national poetry competition→
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Fifteen-year-old Sam Kaplin, a Year 10 student at University College School, has won first place in a national poetry competition, run by education charity, Never Such Innocence...
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Three Hope Valley College students have won prizes in an art competition. Rebekah Heath, Jude Wedgwood and Scarlett Cameron impressed the judges in the contest run by Never Such Innocence, a charity set up to
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NSI – House Magazine
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Lucy French explains the thinking behind a special initiative commemorating the Centenary of World War One ...
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Allan Mallinson meets Lady Lucy French, great-granddaughter of the first Commander-in-Chief of the BEF. Lady Lucy French is the great-granddaughter of
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The Imperial War Museum has announced its First World War Centenary Partnership’s Programme, which will present over 500 new exhibitions, 1,500…
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Plans for four years of plays, performances and exhibitions to commemorate the centenary of the start of First World War are unveiled on Monday...
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One hundred years ago this month, shouts of ‘coo-ee’ echoed around the new thoroughfare of London’s Aldwych, as George V laid the foundation stone of Australia House..
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