Had a brilliant night talking about researching & writing the lives of some the remarkable women who served in the #SecondWorldWar with the wonderful Reine Elisabeth Nkiambote at #TheMerode #Brussels. Thank you for inviting me!

Finally got out to visit the Barnes & Noble in Fredericksburg, VA, this weekend; thrilled to see a host of new-to-me espionage books in the #WW2 section, along with some recently read favorites, engaging works by @soniapurnell.bsky.social and @claremulley.bsky.social. #AgentZo #WomanOfNoImportance

6 city ‘#AgentkaZo’ tour of #Poland coming this October… More details soon, but here’s details of the Museum of the SWW talk in #Gdańsk!

6 city ‘#AgentkaZo’ tour of #Poland coming this October… More details soon, but here’s details of the Museum of the SWW talk in #Gdańsk!

Somehow I missed the sad news that wonderful Dame Stephanie ‘Steve’ Shirley left us last month. 10 yrs ago, she told me how, aged 5, she had slept on cardboard in the corridors of her Kindertransport train. Vowing to make hers ‘a life worth saving’…. 🧵🪡 1/3

For people near the beautifully-monikered Sible Hedingham:

That’s fantastic news. Congratulations.

I’m absolutely thrilled & honoured that #AgentZo, my biog of resistance hero #ElżbietaZawacka, has bn longlisted for the @historicalwriters.bsky.social #HistoricalWritersAssociation Non Fiction prize!!

I’m absolutely thrilled & honoured that #AgentZo, my biog of resistance hero #ElżbietaZawacka, has bn longlisted for the @historicalwriters.bsky.social #HistoricalWritersAssociation Non Fiction prize!!

Brilliant crowd at @wehaveways.bsky.social #WHWFV #histfest! It was excellent to share a stage with @gordoncorera.bsky.social & #RobertLyman talking about some of the outstanding #SpecialAgents of #SOE, including #AgentZo, #WW2. Thank you to everyone who shows an interest!

Brilliant crowd at @wehaveways.bsky.social #WHWFV #histfest! It was excellent to share a stage with @gordoncorera.bsky.social & #RobertLyman talking about some of the outstanding #SpecialAgents of #SOE, including #AgentZo, #WW2. Thank you to everyone who shows an interest!

Absolutely thrilled to have this belated obit of #EglantyneJebb, the inspirational subject of my first book, #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren, in today’s New York Times!! If anyone could grab me a copy that would be wonderful!

Great to meet Charlie, the artist behind #ReclaimedHistoryArt, at @wehaveways.bsky.social 2025. Thank you for this portrait of the only woman to parachute from Britain to Nazi German-occupied Poland, the inspirational #ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo!

Love this pic of me with the excellent @spitfirefilly.bsky.social at @wehaveways.bsky.social #wehavewaysofmakingyoutalk. Victoria wrote the brilliant book #eagledays life & death for the #luftwaffe in the #battleofbritain . Thanks to @stubertphoto.bsky.social for the pic!

Great to meet Charlie, the artist behind #ReclaimedHistoryArt, at @wehaveways.bsky.social 2025. Thank you for this portrait of the only woman to parachute from Britain to Nazi German-occupied Poland, the inspirational #ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo!

Love this pic of me with the excellent @spitfirefilly.bsky.social at @wehaveways.bsky.social #wehavewaysofmakingyoutalk. Victoria wrote the brilliant book #eagledays life & death for the #luftwaffe in the #battleofbritain . Thanks to @stubertphoto.bsky.social for the pic!

@claremulley.bsky.social and Agent Zo. A great presentation

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Programme’s out for Britain’s most fun history festival - the one & only #WeHaveWaysFest… run by @jamesholland.com & @almurray.bsky.social :) This year I’ll be joining @gordoncorera.bsky.social & @lyman.robert to talk #SOE at 2pm, Sat 13 Sept 2025… Join us!

This Sat, I’m delighted to be speaking with @gordoncorera.bsky.social , former BBC security corresp, now host of #therestisclassified , & the equally fabulous milit historian #RobertLyman at the @wehaveways.bsky.social #whwf2025 . Come hear us discuss ‘3 Spies’ at 2pm…

This Sat, I’m delighted to be speaking with @gordoncorera.bsky.social , former BBC security corresp, now host of #therestisclassified , & the equally fabulous milit historian #RobertLyman at the @wehaveways.bsky.social #whwf2025 . Come hear us discuss ‘3 Spies’ at 2pm…

Cornish coast path past the decoy post at #NareHead that once fooled enemy bombers that they were above Falmouth & should drop their loads there… saving thousands of lives. #cornwall #ww2 #ww2history #history

Cornish coast path past the decoy post at #NareHead that once fooled enemy bombers that they were above Falmouth & should drop their loads there… saving thousands of lives. #cornwall #ww2 #ww2history #history

I was treated to a fabulous tour of @ChartwellNT today, before giving a talk. Here are #Churchill’s slippers, his #WW2 #rationbook, his famous 1916 painting #PlugStreet (Ploegsteert, Belgium), #NobelPrize for Literature & much more. But who knew… 1/2

I also picked up a copy of this excellent new book, #ColdWarBritain, by @frasermccallum.bsky.social at #IWMDuxford yesterday - richly illustrated, it’s a treat!

I also picked up a copy of this excellent new book, #ColdWarBritain, by @frasermccallum.bsky.social at #IWMDuxford yesterday - richly illustrated, it’s a treat!

What an epic last day of the #IWM #ImperialWarMuseum #Duxford #historyfestival… In an unusual moment, here I am sitting in #DouglasBader’s car, wearing @almurray.bsky.social ‘s hat!

Today I had the privilege to interview #SirRichardEvans about #HitlersPeople, on the last day of the #ImperialWarMuseum #duxford #historyfestival, before speaking about #AgentZo myself.

What an epic last day of the #IWM #ImperialWarMuseum #Duxford #historyfestival… In an unusual moment, here I am sitting in #DouglasBader’s car, wearing @almurray.bsky.social ‘s hat!

Today I had the privilege to interview #SirRichardEvans about #HitlersPeople, on the last day of the #ImperialWarMuseum #duxford #historyfestival, before speaking about #AgentZo myself.

Great first day at the @IWMDuxford #historyfestival. @silenceinpolish.bsky.social & I discussed Poland’s war, chaired by @frasermccallum.bsky.social. Tomorrow I’m interviewing #RichardEvans followed by a talk on #AgentZo…

Great first day at the @IWMDuxford #historyfestival. @silenceinpolish.bsky.social & I discussed Poland’s war, chaired by @frasermccallum.bsky.social. Tomorrow I’m interviewing #RichardEvans followed by a talk on #AgentZo…

This weekend, #IWMDuxford history fest. I’m talking with @silenceinpolish.bsky.social tomorrow, & #SirRichardEvans Sunday, before talking solo about #AgentZo. Many other excellent talks & events too!

This weekend, #IWMDuxford history fest. I’m talking with @silenceinpolish.bsky.social tomorrow, & #SirRichardEvans Sunday, before talking solo about #AgentZo. Many other excellent talks & events too!

Just time to hike up to #FyrishMonument (1,480 feet above sea-level) before running for the train… It’s been wonderful #Scotland!

We’re in the Highlands for the unveiling of Ian’s latest private commission, #Fearless, to remember Alex & Connie #Morrison, in #Tain. Their boys used to run across the rafters of half-built homes, like many local kids! Lovely to meet so many with pride in the company & community.

Walking up the east coast of Scotland, near Dornoch. Glorious. No cobwebs left.

And I’ve woken up in the beautiful Cairngorms… #sleepertrain #Scotland

And I’ve woken up in the beautiful Cairngorms… #sleepertrain #Scotland

Cambridge cycling icon Eglantyne Jebb 🙂 @camcycle.bsky.social

#EglantyneJebb, #BOTD 1876, founded @savethechildren.org at end #WW1, securing 1st donation fm prosecutor in the trial against her, after her arrest in Trafalgar Sq a wk earlier. Her drawings show she was not so good on a bike, navigating sheep! For more see #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren

#EglantyneJebb, #BOTD 1876, founded @savethechildren.org at end #WW1, securing 1st donation fm prosecutor in the trial against her, after her arrest in Trafalgar Sq a wk earlier. Her drawings show she was not so good on a bike, navigating sheep! For more see #TheWomanWhoSavedTheChildren

These diverse but very meaningful messages are what make all the sometimes lonely research & writing worthwhile… 1/6

These diverse but very meaningful messages are what make all the sometimes lonely research & writing worthwhile… 1/6

102 yesterday, Paola Del Din, aka ‘Renata’, served as an Italian partisan in #WW2, despite fracturing her ankle as the 1st woman to parachute behind enemy lines. Awarded the Gold Medal for Military Valour. ansa.it/amp/english/ne…

102 yesterday, Paola Del Din, aka ‘Renata’, served as an Italian partisan in #WW2, despite fracturing her ankle as the 1st woman to parachute behind enemy lines. Awarded the Gold Medal for Military Valour. ansa.it/amp/english/ne…

Less than a week til launch, and so hyped with @martinwhitmore.bsky.social painting of Agent Zo aka Elżbieta Zawacka made famous by @claremulley.bsky.social Full reveal soon! Backdrop by @handiworkgames.bsky.social You can sign up here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad...

With Parliament in recess, I had a blast talking about nonfiction books with Naga Munchetty, ghostwriter Craig Borlase & bookclubreviewpod host Kate Slotover on @bbc5live.bsky.social today! My 5 recommendations were…

Great fun talking non-fiction books with #NagaMunchetty for @BBCRadio5Live today, & I got to talk about a few for my #2WW favourites… www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... from c.1.6

Great fun talking non-fiction books with #NagaMunchetty for @BBCRadio5Live today, & I got to talk about a few for my #2WW favourites… www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... from c.1.6