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Gateways to the First World War is a centre for public engagement with the Great War centenary, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Our aim is to encourage and support public interest in the centenary through a range of events and activities such as open days and study days, advice on access to materials and expertise, and signposting for other resources and forms of support.
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  1. We Made Sure It Wasn't All Over by Christmas 2014

    News

    At the end of the centenary, Gateways commissioned a report on our achievements since 2014.

  2. 'Here Dead We Lie' Photographs from the Western Front: Horsebridge, Whitstable, 21 July-9 August 2021

    Project

    Here dead we lie because we did not choose
    To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
    Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose;
    But young men think it is, and we were young.
    A.E. Housman...

  3. Postponed: From Country House to Viceroy's House: a journey with Sir Edwin Lutyens O.M.

    News

    Martin Lutyens: "From Country House to Viceroy's House: a journey with Sir Edwin Lutyens O.M."

    Date: Wednesday 13 May 5pm

  4. Postponed: Here Dead We Lie

    News

    Here Dead We Lie, 24 April 2020

  5. Martin Lutyens: "From Country House to Viceroy's House: a journey with Sir Edwin Lutyens O.M."

    Event
    Gateways Event

    Date: Wednesday 13 May 5pm

    Venue: University of Kent, Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1, Canterbury CT2 7NS

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