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Clare Mulley

Ep 63 – Clare Mulley on the Women Who Fought – Polish Paratroopers, Nazi Test Pilots & Churchill’s Favourite Spy

In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we’re joined by award-winning historian Clare Mulley, author of The Spy Who Loved…, The Women Who Flew for Hitler, and Agent Zo. We talk about Polish paratrooper Elżbieta Zawacka (Zo), Nazi-resisting test pilot Melitta von Stauffenberg, and the razor-sharp Christine Granville. Clare shares how she builds trust with her readers, balances storytelling with historical rigour, and restores women to their rightful place in the WWII record. And, this episodes is full of stories about the heroic women Clare writes about. You’ll want to pick up a book or two after this!

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A Call to Spy

Ep 57 – A Call to Spy – Women of the SOE in Focus

In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we discuss the 2019 historical drama A Call to Spy, which follows the real-life wartime missions of Virginia Hall, Noor Inayat Khan, and Vera Atkins — three extraordinary women recruited into Churchill’s Special Operations Executive during WWII.
We explore what the film gets right, where it fictionalises, and how the true stories behind these women are even more astonishing than what made it to the screen. We also reflect on why telling these stories now matters more than ever, as the generation that witnessed them is rapidly disappearing.

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European Theater

Episode: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

In this episode, we discuss The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, which in a strange turn of events, Maartje likes better than Sam. Apparently the book is better. Sam would know, having read it. Read the book. Or be lazy, like Maartje.

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Allied

Episode: Allied

In episode 20 (are you proud? We’re proud!), we discuss Allied, a movie Mark requested! And by discuss, we mean we razz on it for 40 minutes. We hope you enjoy it anyway, Mark. Thanks for your request ;).

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