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First World War
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- 1Art lovers revisit Nevinson's war painting La Mitrailleuse●My favourite paintings, no.59 CRW Nevinson, La Mitrailleuse (1915) The first world war prompted many paintings of intera
CRW Nevinson's 1915 painting La Mitrailleuse, one of the most striking depictions of the First World War, is drawing renewed attention online. Commenters highlight how the work captures the claustrophobic fusion of soldiers and machine-gun technology, with its angular figures and muted palette marking the emergence of Futurist-influenced war art. It continues to be cited as a powerful example of artists grappling with industrialised warfare.
- 2Gaza resident describes daily killing, illness and loss▼Life has become like hell. Every day there is killing, every day we lose someone, and every day illness is killing us. W
A man writing from what he describes as life 'like hell' says killing, loss and illness strike every day, and that suffering has become routine that nobody cares about. His words echo the daily accounts coming from Gaza, where residents describe relentless casualties and collapsing health conditions, saying they may die at any moment while the world watches in silence.
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Archival footage from 1944 shows a World War I veteran living with disabilities, offering a glimpse into the long-term toll of the First World War on those who served it decades earlier. The clip is being revisited as a historical record of how disabled veterans were cared for and portrayed during the Second World War era.
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Questions about how the First World War started are drawing attention, with discussion focused on the war's origins and the chain of events that pulled Europe into conflict in 1914. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo and the alliance system remain the standard explanations people cite when revisiting the topic.