Lecture | The Way of the Sword

Wed 4 Nov 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Royal Armouries Museum
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War correspondents on the Western Front, 1914-1918: Propaganda or reportage?
Speaker: Dr Andrew Griffiths, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the Open University

Challenging the popular perception of newspaper reporting during the First World War as dishonest propaganda, Dr Andrew Griffith explains the many surprising ways in which journalists bypassed censorship and military regulation to ensure the public understood the reality of the conditions of the trenches.

This lecture will be delivered in-person at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, and online.

You will receive a link to the online presentation in your booking confirmation.

This is a free lecture, please consider making a donation when booking. Suggested donation £5, this can be amended or removed on the booking page.