The Imperial War Museum was founded during WWI, and this year there will be a $20m new gallery and a national programme of events to commemorate the conflict's centenary. This tells the story of the war in the most accessible way possible. *Also appeared in May Buyer's Notes*
The Imperial War Museum's archive is home to more than 20, 000 hours of moving image material spanning the twentieth century in Britain. The clips range from documentary film and official newsreels, to unedited combat footage, and amateur shots. In the museum's early days the films could only be viewed through Mutoscope machines from the late nineteenth century that functioned much like a flipbook, giving life to a series of motionless images....
During the First World War posters were used to inform and rally the public as never before. This book contains iconic, beautiful and surprising First World War posters from IWM's unparalleled collection, including British as well as German, Italian, French and American examples.
Out of print since the 1960s, this is a collection of memoirs and diary entries from the world-famous potter, revealing the Eastern influence on his craft.
The eighth book in our In Arcadia series is a beautiful collection of essays and stories exploring the myths and legends behind some of the most popular British flowers, including lavender, forgetme- nots, marigolds and thistles.
A collection of WWI poems, focusing on those written by poets who were actually on the front line, such as Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Rupert Brooke. Each poem also has an introduction, putting it in context, and a biographical profile of the poet.
Twenty-two cleverly rendered black and white line drawings of Wallis's most famous paintings for colouring. A brilliant introduction to the art of Alfred Wallis.
