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Clare contributes to an ITV News tribute to the women who served in WW2, alongside interviews with veterans Joyce Wilding & Mildred Schutz.

10 November 2023

Phyllis ‘Pippa’ Latour, the last SOE French section agent, has died

Phyllis ‘Pippa’ Latour, the last SOE French section agent, has died

I was delighted to pay tribute, interviewed by Kirsty Lang for BBC Radio Four‘s obituary programme, ‘Last Word‘, and contributing to Sanchia Berg’s obituary on the BBC News Website, ‘Phyllis Latour: The secret life of a WW2 heroine revealed’.

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16 October 2023

OWO names Granville suite

OWO names Granville suite

The new Raffles Hotel in London’s Old War Office has named a suite in honour of Krystyna Skarbek aka Christine Granville, The Spy Who Loved.

30 September 2023

Filming with James Holland in Lyon

Filming with James Holland in Lyon

Following in the footsteps of Jean Moulin, the man who welded disparate early French resistance groups into a national machine.

16 September 2023

Agent Zo – hardback cover released!

Agent Zo – hardback cover released!

Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson release the cover for Clare’s forthcoming book, Agent Zo – out in May 2024.

12 September 2023

At the ‘We Have Ways of Making You Talk’ pod WW2 history festival, with Al Murray and James Holland.

At the ‘We Have Ways of Making You Talk’ pod WW2 history festival, with Al Murray and James Holland.

Great talking about women serving in the ‘secret war’ to audiences of over 1000! Thanks to everyone who came along, or shouted out answers on the quiz!

8 September 2023

John Jammes at WHW Fest 2023

John Jammes at WHW Fest 2023

As a child, he smuggled notes for the resistance in the frame of his pushbike. When he had kids of his own, his took them to tea with General Monty. Catching up with the legend that is John Jammes…

7 September 2023

Unveiling of new SOE female agent plaque

Unveiling of new SOE female agent plaque

Honoured to be at the unveiling of a Paris plaque for Second World War SOE agent Lilian Rolfe.

19 May 2023

Warsaw research

Warsaw research

My last research for AGENT ZO. Here at the Memorial to the Polish servicewomen of the Second World War.

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20 April 2023

Polish Congress of National Remembrance

Polish Congress of National Remembrance

Speaking at the inaugural Polish Congress of National Remembrance, Warsaw.

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15 April 2023