Award-winning historical documentary producer and writer Jude Dobson, shares the incredible story of Phyllis "Pippa" Latour, who parachuted into occupied France in 1944 as an undercover agent.
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Knitting socks and hats for 'our troops' was a time-honored tradition during wartime. But spies found a way to use that innocent pastime to transmit vital information.
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How knitting helped women fight back
Knitting is sometimes dismissed as a gentle domestic activity, but this ancient craft has always been entwined with activism.
Loretta Napoleoni is an Italo-American economist who usually writes about the financing of terrorism. She is also an avid knitter and in her latest book, The Power of Knitting, she looks at how it became a tool for women to fight discrimination and promote social change - from the spinning bees of the American Revolution to Phyllis Latour Doyle, the knitting spy of WWII.
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