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The thing you notice about the news during the war is how much normal life goes on. Hot on the heels of the Rector of Stiffkey, we came across Rev W ‘Harry’Hopkins of Blunham, Beds. Turns out Harry was a fan of pubs and women. Specifically a married woman, Hilda Robbs.

Alan had a brother, also in the RAF. Pilot Officer William Pelham Hopkin, some of you may have heard of him. Hopkin flew in the BOB, once flying 6 sorties in one day, and killing quite a few Luftwaffe along the way. He was awarded the DFC in 1941. He died in 1971 after

Please joins us this Friday for the latest episode of NewsOfTheWar We’re launching our new recurring feature: Monkey Air Raid News Merryn

We don’t often have guest editors on news of the war, but when we do we make them work. Can’t wait to chat to John!

I love the transgressive nature of all these different groups of people that without the war would never have met… The land girls are one of them… young women, freed of the constraints of societal norms, working, middle and upper class women thrown together. They just must

The indomitable Bryan De Grineau sketched the newly reformed British Army on exercise in December 1940, for the Illustrated London News. 40000 troops on a Corps level scheme (5 Corps) testing the lessons learned from May/June 1940. Under the tutelage of Sir Alan Brooke.

We’ve come to the end of 1940 and before we dive into 1941, join us on a two part diversion into wartime Rationing! Part 1 is out this Friday, Merryn and Andy will be looking at what the newspapers were saying about rationing Powdered eggs, the lot.

Without a word of a lie I’ve been looking forward to this all week. From NewsOfTheWar Merryn and Andy an amusing deep dive into rationing. Another nail in the coffin of Britain bumbling through. Not sure I’m keen on a homeopathic curry. open.spotify.com/episode/4xbtWz…

Help settle an argument please. I contest on NewsOfTheWar that fish and chips were cemented as the nations favourite food in wartime Britain. (Pre tikka masala). Off the ration, cheap and tasty. Merryn thinks I’m taking bollocks. What do you reckon?

Andy NewsOfTheWar Merryn Yes, but during *First* World War Britain, as argued by John Walton.

Challenge is on