What opportunities did the First World War provide for cultural tourism?
This month Angus, Jessica and Chris speak to Allison Bennett, winner of the 2023 Gail Braybon Award for her work on war-time cross-cultural sexual encounters during the First World War. Along the way we discuss #MeToo, and the post-war legacies of these encounters for families, and the popularity of the Pyramids and camels as a tourist attractions.
References:
Gallipoli
Peter Stanley, Bad Characters
Alexia Moncrieff, Expertise, Authority and Control
Alan Beyerchen and Emre Spencer (eds.), Expeditionary Forces in the First World War
Tomas Irish, Universities at War
Rudyard Kipling, Kim
The Arabian Nights
45 - War Hospital
44 - The Grizzled
43 - Women at War
42 - They Shall Not Grow Old
41 - The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror
40 - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
39 - Benediction
38 - In Memoriam
37 - Our Dream Adaptations
36 - Journey's End
35 - The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
34 - National WWI Museum and Memorial
33 - All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
32 - Postcards from the Western Front
31 - Giantpoppywatch - Commemoration and Remembrance
30 - The Thirty-Nine Steps
29 - The Red Baron
28 - The King's Men
27 - Over the Top Magazine
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