And today i am so excited to be welcoming judith mackrell. Thank you so much for being with us. Well, thank you for joining me. Tell me. Where are you right now . So im in london and in my study which is at the top of the house lovely big space where i do nearly all of my writing kind of your escape. Thats your happy place. Absolutely as long as the books going. Well right myself to my desk. Yes, that totally makes sense. Well, i am so thrilled to be talking to you today about the correspondence. It was so inspiring not just i i worked in news as a journalist, but beyond that just as a female to see what these incredible women did. Um, youre a journalist as well. How did you come about writing this book . Because i know you normally cover dance and things of that sort, right . Yeah tutus rather than tanks. All right, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. I mean for 30 years. I worked as a dance and but i began writ. Photographers i guess 2007 i think and got the bug. And and got the bug not only becaus
Going. Well right myself to my desk. Yes, that totally makes sense. Well, i am so thrilled to be talking to you today about the correspondence. It was so inspiring not just i i worked in news as a journalist, but beyond that just as a female to see what these incredible women did. Um, youre a journalist as well. How did you come about writing this book . Because i know you normally cover dance and things of that sort, right . Yeah tutus rather than tanks. All right, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. I mean for 30 years. I worked as a dance and but i began writ. Photographers i guess 2007 i think and got the bug. And and got the bug not only because its thrilling to write a book rather than meet the deadline with a 600 word review but also because with each subject, you know, you you immerse yourself in a whole area. Thats new and you know, it feels like doing a history degree with each one and this war book. I ive always been fascinated by Second World War. I think im of that generation where the w
Which is at the top of the house lovely big space where i do nearly all of my writing kind of your escape. Thats your happy place. Absolutely as long as the books going. Well right myself to my desk. Yes, that totally makes sense. Well, i am so thrilled to be talking to you today about the correspondence. It was so inspiring not just i i worked in news as a journalist, but beyond that just as a female to see what these incredible women did. Um, youre a journalist as well. How did you come about writing this book . Because i know you normally cover dance and things of that sort, right . Yeah tutus rather than tanks. All right, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. I mean for 30 years. I worked as a dance and but i began writ. Photographers i guess 2007 i think and got the bug. And and got the bug not only because its thrilling to write a book rather than meet the deadline with a 600 word review but also because with each subject, you know, you you immerse yourself in a whole area. Thats new and you know
Thats your happy place. Absolutely as long as the books going. Well right myself to my desk. Yes, that totally makes sense. Well, i am so thrilled to be talking to you today about the correspondence. It was so inspiring not just i i worked in news as a journalist, but beyond that just as a female to see what these incredible women did. Um, youre a journalist as well. How did you come about writing this book . Because i know you normally cover dance and things of that sort, right . Yeah tutus rather than tanks. All right, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. I mean for 30 years. I worked as a dance and but i began writ. Photographers i guess 2007 i think and got the bug. And and got the bug not only because its thrilling to write a book rather than meet the deadline with a 600 word review but also because with each subject, you know, you you immerse yourself in a whole area. Thats new and you know, it feels like doing a history degree with each one and this war book. I ive always been fascinated by Sec
Worked in news as a journalist, but beyond that just as a female to see what these incredible women did. Um, youre a journalist as well. How did you come about writing this book . Because i know you normally cover dance and things of that sort, right . Yeah tutus rather than tanks. All right, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. I mean for 30 years. I worked as a dance and but i began writ. Photographers i guess 2007 i think and got the bug. And and got the bug not only because its thrilling to write a book rather than meet the deadline with a 600 word review but also because with each subject, you know, you you immerse yourself in a whole area. Thats new and you know, it feels like doing a history degree with each one and this war book. I ive always been fascinated by Second World War. I think im of that generation where the war actually shaped our childhoods tremendously. You know, my brothers read more comics there were very patriotic british war films all over the television. But we never learned