Read more about the article Private J Parr, Aged 17, Buried Mons, Belgium
Private John Parr was the first to die in WWI, aged just seventeen. Photo © Sophie Collard

Private J Parr, Aged 17, Buried Mons, Belgium

In a quiet rural cemetery on the outskirts of Mons in Belgium lies the body of Private John Parr, who at just seventeen years old became the first British casualty of the WWI. Travel Darkly went to pay their respects...

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Read more about the article New First World War Galleries IWM London
Looking out to IWM's exterior from the rather balmy top floor. © Sophie Collard

New First World War Galleries IWM London

The new First World War Galleries at the Imperial War Museum in London open 19th July 2014, with the reopening of Imperial War Museum itself. We interviewed James Taylor, the lead curator, about bringing this ambitious project to life as we walked around...

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Read more about the article Jeremy Bentham’s Head and Auto-Icon, UCL, London
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Jeremy Bentham’s Head and Auto-Icon, UCL, London

A flash of lightning as they cut the body of Jeremy Bentham, his head stolen and replaced... why not visit the Utilitarianism-toting philosopher preserved in his case at UCL? It's free. Travel Darkly spoke to curator Nick Booth about the man behind the, erm, man...

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