How GCHQ helped shape history: From world wars to the Cuban Missile Crisis
Tony Comer – who has worked for GCHQ for 36 years and has spent the last 10 as its historian – picks high-profile moments from its history.
First World War
Commonwealth war graves knocked over and daubed with swastikas
Dozens of Commonwealth graves have been daubed with swastikas and other symbols at a cemetery dedicated to those fought in the first and second world wars.
Fields of Flanders continue to reveal remains of First World War fallen
Despite it being more than a century since the end of the First World War, bodies of those who fell on Flanders fields are still being found to this day.
13 unknown First World War soldiers buried in Belgium
Hundreds of people gathered to mark the burial of 13 unknown soldiers who died fighting in Belgium in the First World War.
HMY Iolaire wreck site to become official war grave
A ship which sank off the Isle of Lewis while returning servicemen from the First World War is to finally be recognised as a war grave.
Dundee school seeks information about former pupils killed in world wars
Researchers are seeking help to uncover the history of a school’s former pupils killed in the First and Second World Wars.
New Steven Spielberg film gets permission to film in Glasgow
Steven Spielberg has been granted permission to film scenes for a new war movie in Glasgow.
Government blocks export of ‘outstanding’ John Singer Sargent painting
The Government is blocking the export of a multimillion-pound painting by American artist John Singer Sargent.
Keeping Faith star Eve Myles handed best actress gong at BBC radio awards
Keeping Faith star Eve Myles has been honoured by the BBC for her work on a radio drama exploring the emotional and physical challenges of late-pregnancy termination.
The Cut Out Girl wins Costa Book Of The Year for ‘important’ Holocaust story
Bart van Es has won the Costa Book Of The Year Award for his “incredibly important” account of family bonds and Holocaust trauma, The Cut Out Girl.
Number of fallen WW1 soldiers from Dundee University may be double what previously thought
The number of people from Dundee University who died during the First World War may be more than double that previously thought.
VIDEO: More than 5,000 see local band’s First World War anniversary music video
A video made by Arbroath band Slipway to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War has proved a huge hit.
Local anger as vandals target WW1 memorial garden on eve of Remembrance Day
Local people have hit out at vandals who targeted a First World War memorial garden on the eve of Remembrance Day.
TV viewers praise Jackson’s ‘jaw-dropping’ film They Shall Not Grow Old
A First World War film which brought old footage to life in colour has been praised by viewers as extraordinary.
Nothing, before or since, has been such a hammer blow to Dundee as the 1915 Battle of Loos
Nothing, before or since, has been such a hammer blow to Dundee as the Battle of Loos.
Dundee-born nurse was undeterred and gave her life trying to save others
Etched on to Perth Academy’s First World War memorial are the names of 168 staff and students who lost their lives during the conflict.
Tragedy of architect’s vision for Dundee left in ruins by First World War
The £1 billion Waterfront regeneration project has put Dundee firmly on the map – but it might have been a very different city had conflict not broken out a century ago.
‘By the end, 56 kids at one school alone had lost fathers’: Book details Dundee’s commitment for First World War
As the country pauses to remember the end of the First World War, a new book is shedding light on the struggle endured by those back home in Dundee.
Poppy installation at Dundee school to remember the Fallen
An art installation has been created at the High School of Dundee in remembrance of those who fell in the First World War.
Antony Cotton: We must keep First World War legacies alive
Coronation Street star Antony Cotton says he has heard “jaw-dropping stories” of bravery as part of his role as an ambassador for a military charity.