Tag: First World War

• Haunted by History: War and Rome in the work of Robert Graves  

  

  Robert Palmer explores how Graves’s experiences as a First World War poet and his later reimagining of Imperial Rome in I, Claudius and Claudius the God reveal the theme of surviving chaos.

  Retrospect Journal

  12/10/2025

  Features

  First World War, History, Poetry

• The Cottingley Fairies and the Spiritualist Movement 

  

  The hoax of the Cottingley Fairies continues to hold a grip on many today. Fleur O’Reilly takes a look at their impact in the direct aftermath of the First World War.

  Retrospect Journal

  19/11/2023

  Retroshorts

  First World War, folklore, Spiritualism, Twentieth Century

• To what extent were Tsarist failures the main cause of the downfall of the House of Romanov in February 1917? 

  

  The Russian Revolution is one of the most complex moments in modern political history. Alexei Joukovski examines the role of the Tsars in ensuring the downfall of the House of Romanov in 1917.

  Retrospect Journal

  12/11/2023

  Academic

  First World War, Political History, Russian Revolution, Twentieth Century

• The Sykes-Picot Agreement: an ‘expansionist booking-in-advance’ of the Middle East 

  

  The Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 was written by Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot. Jasmine Khelil examines how it came about and why.

  Retrospect Journal

  24/09/2023

  Features

  British Empire, Colonialism, First World War, Imperialism, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, Twentieth Century