Elite SIS Operative: Exposing Margaret Spencer’s Hidden Life During WWII

/ People / 6 minutes of reading

In July and August 2014, the Eastbourne Herald published three letters that Margaret Spencer had written to her family. The letters detailed some of Margaret’s supposed wartime (and post war) adventures as an SIS agent (Secret Intelligence Service – aka MI6). Published posthumously after her death by her family, the letters paint a picture of […]

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Nurse, Wife, Nun, Spy: The Strange WWII Story of Sister Evangeline

/ People / 33 minutes of reading

I admit to being sucked down a rabbit hole. When I overheard that conversation in a community centre, about a German spy parachuting into England dressed as a nun, I had just wanted to confirm or deny that it actually happened. In searching for “spies dressed as nuns”, I came across the story of Margaret

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Book Review – Hitler’s British Traitors – Tim Tate (2019)

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The Book Hitler’s British Traitors: The Secret History of Spies, Saboteurs and Fifth Columnists; Tim Tate; Icon Books, 2019. Summary I came across this book while looking for resources on the Fifth Column in Britain. I had read A.W.B. Simpson’s article, “In the Highest Degree Odious”, which covered the wartime detention of British (and foreign)

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Film Review – Conspiracy (2001)

/ Films / 5 minutes of reading

One of my contacts brought this film to my attention a few years ago, and I tracked it down on Crave. It is a complete coincidence that this movie also has Colin Firth in a supporting role (see my earlier post about the Operation Mincemeat film). Add in Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci… and I

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Book Review – Young, Brave and Beautiful – Tania Szabó (2015)

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The Book Young, Brave and Beautiful: The Missions of Special Operations Executive Agent Lieutenant Violette Szabô, George Cross, Croix de Guerre avec Étoile de Bronze, Tania Szabó, The History Press. 2015. Background I have had this book on my shelf for several years (eight in fact). I bought it in 2016 on the recommendation of

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