WWI
The First ‘Wonder Woman’ Trailer Is a Glorious Festival of Male Ass-Kicking
Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman is the hard-hitting feminist superhero we've been waiting for.
A Farewell to Pants: The Role of Cross-Dressing During WWI
With the sexes largely segregated and the intensity of war taking its toll, many men turned to an unlikely coping mechanism: drag. We talked to a historian about the complex reasons soldiers suited down during the First World War.
Giant Submarines With Huge Guns
The “submarine cruiser” concept survived WWI and reached its baroque apex in some very large and strange subs.
We Need to Remember Britain's Muslim Soldiers
Almost 400,000 Muslims fought for Britain during WWI—a fact almost nobody knows.
Disintegrating Flesh Sculptures Put a Twist on WWI Memorials
With the 'Papaver Rhoeas' sculptures, Paddy Hartley does the exact opposite of 'preserving' memory.
Gods of War, Arise: Ares Kingdom Return With 'The Unburiable Dead'
Achtung! Stream the Kansas City destroyers' first new album in five years right here.
Images Captured by the UK's First Female War Photographer Are Going Online
A UK museum was awarded £81,000 to digitize the works of Olive Edis.
The Man Who Resurrects Thousands of Rolls of Undeveloped Film
Levi Bettwieser has developed 5,500 rolls of film he found in thrift stores and garage sales and uncovered a lot of other people's personal moments in the process.
From World War I to the Rave Scene: Britain's Forgotten Wartime Structures
We spoke to Marc Wilson about his photos of the wartime buildings that have become a silent part of Britain's scenery.
Revealed: The Headlines You'll Be Reading in 2015
Here's how the annual glut of anniversary features will pan out this year.
This Is How the Best War Game of the Year Was Made
Perhaps the best war game of 2014 so far involves very little shooting, has a distinct shortage of blood and gore, and never once gives you a bonus for a perfect head shot. We spoke to the guys who visited WWI trenches to make your playing experience...
Two Gunshots to the Head Couldn't Kill This British Soldier
Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart was the one-handed, eye-patched army officer whose story reads more like a Rowan Atkinson creation than a real serving soldier. He was an impossibly lucky—or unlucky, depending on how you see it—caricature of British resolve.