2014 will mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War. To mark the date, this anthology will collect favourite extracts, images and poems from some of the UK's leading cultural, political and literary figures. Poems, short stories, personal letters, newspaper articles, scripts, photographs and paintings are just some of the elements of this collection, with cover and artwork by renowned illustrator, Ian Beck. Among the many contributors are: Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall, Sir Quentin Blake, Philip Pullman, Sir Andrew Motion, Miranda Hart, Antony Beevor, Emma Thompson, Dr Rowan Williams, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Richard Curtis, Joanna Lumley, Raymond Briggs, Shami Chakrabarti, Sir Tony Robinson and Malorie Blackman.