Dr. Tessa Dunlop: Historian, broadcaster, writer.

Hi and thanks for visiting my website.

History, live commentary, broadcast media and books are where I’m at right now. Last year I finally finished my PhD… Yippee, I’m a Doctor of History at long last! And this year I am racing against time to deliver Army Girls for the 80th Anniversary of National Conscription for Women in December. More on that soon.

Recent filming includes two history series for Channel 5 and one for Royalty TV, articles in Mailplus and I’ll be giving Queen Marie of Romania an outing on France 3 next month…. despite the wretched Covids.

All best wishes and look forward to hearing from you!

Please join me for an afternoon with Bletchley Girls Betty (aka) Charlotte Webb MBE, 98, and Pat Davies, 97 on 2 May at 3pm.

Tickets: https://www.fane.co.uk/bletchley-girls

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Somehow a three year old birthday became an excuse

Somehow a three year old birthday became an excuse for a weekend long, all ages, party….. Monday will be a challenge. 🤪

Yesterday in pics. Prof, Mum and me. Tom Stopp

Yesterday in pics.

Prof, Mum and me.

Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt.

First Stoppard play I’ve seen since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern for A level.

Intense. Historic. Long.

Mum and me in garden post her arrival in London:

‘Darling the problem with you is I am not allowed to be 80 because you have so many women in your life over 95 who behaved like 70 year olds.’

Day’s first pit stop was @trueroyaltytv. Hot topicsinc #PrincePhilip documentary..

Aside from ‘who came across best’ (Prince Philip natch) for me big takeaway was: House of Windsor trying to put on a united loving front.

Ps And here’s our family photo. @russelljmyers and Angela Levin ❤️👊🏼

#armygirls #motheranddaughter #tomstoppard #leopoldstadt #princephilip #royaltytv

When it all gets too much. Book - Army Girls - is

When it all gets too much.
Book - Army Girls - is going to printer on FRIDAY. A magnum opus (well I like to think so!) It contains the stories of 17 women from #WWII all over ninety-five. 😅 The final push has been hardcore, and yes there have been deaths. Like a mini frontline. However the women will be forever preserved for posterity. And many are still going strong .. those who are able will be touring in Nov .. watch this space! Xx Now back to the undergrowth…
Ps thanks for the endorsement @thejeremyvine 👊🏼❤️

First sighting! Thank you @jonathancoewriter @iain

First sighting! Thank you @jonathancoewriter @iain_macgregor @headlinebooks
Ps link in bio (of course it is! 😂)

BOOM. #emmaraducanu

BOOM.
#emmaraducanu

BIRTHDAY GIRLS! 🎉🎉 Pics 1+2 Yesterday Ena C

BIRTHDAY GIRLS! 🎉🎉

Pics 1+2 Yesterday Ena Collymore-Woodstock, MBE, OD, was 104 + celebrated on zoom!

From Jamaica she lives in Barbados and is the oldest known woman who served in Britain’s ATS, working as a radar operator in GB + Belgium. She is also the oldest Army Girl in my book.

Happy B-day Ena! 🎉

Pics 3-4 Grace Taylor is 97 today. She lives in Poole Dorset and like Ena was one of the original Gunner Girls (like drone operators today) they steered the anti aircraft guns to pick off the incoming enemy raiders.. Grace operated the height finder. She too is a star in my new book (4 Nov) #armygirls (link in bio) and Grace and I have some very exciting news about a live event in @lighthousepoole coming SOON!

Happy Birthday Grace 🎉🎉

Olivia drove an ambulance under fire in France 194

Olivia drove an ambulance under fire in France 1940, worked as a driver-translator for De Gaulle in blitzed London and was awarded the Croix de Guerre.
Interviewing her aged 102 for my forthcoming book ( #armygirls link in bio!! ) she said ‘I wasn’t of any importance, I was right down there.’

So decided to write her an obituary in @guardian

RIP Olivia ❤️😍
#wwiihistory #obituary #womenwhoserve #oliviajordan

Get stuffed! …and views from #artmark #palatulc

Get stuffed!

…and views from #artmark #palatulcesianuracovita #bucarest

Had a little chin wag (as you do) in Bucharest thi

Had a little chin wag (as you do) in Bucharest this morning. Subject was King Michael of Romania, România’s last king, cousin of Britain’s Elizabeth and Philip and a man destined to be forever marked by Romania’s brutal past. (Ps check out the library - they don’t do things by half over here! #bibliotecacentraluniversitara )

Am avut o filmare despre ultimul rege al Romaniei, regele Mihai, var al Reginei Elisabeta și al Printului Philip, un om al cărui destin a fost profund marcat de trecutul tragic al României. P.S.: locația este minunata Biblioteca Central Universitară Carol I !