After WWII, many of the men and women who had worked at Bletchley Park moved on to GCHQ, the British government's new facility, established to fight a new foe - Stalin's KGB. Sinclair McKay has interviewed various members of this secret organisation, from codebreakers to radio listeners to mechanical engineers and computer programmers, who all shared the common desire to build a new Britain and protect it throughout the Cold War. His book on the subject is: 'The Spies of Winter: The GCHQ Codebreakers Who Fought the Cold War'.
Garrett Graff's tells the oral histories of 9/11, from archive material he has collated to interviews he has conducted with people who responded to events on the day, such as one of the key advisors to Dick Cheney. He tells Dan some of those stories, such as the couple of firefighter and World Tr...
Ruth Ben-Ghiat joined me on the podcast to discuss what modern authoritarian leaders have in common and how they can be stopped. We discussed the strongman playbook from Mussolini to Putin, Johnson and Trump.
Professor Anna Whitelock is an historian, author, broadcaster, royal commentator, Director of Centre for Public History, RHUL. Anna's latest book is entitled 'Elizabeth's Bedfellows: An Intimate History of the Queen's Court'.
