Tessa Dunlop: Historian, broadcaster, writer.

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History, live commentary, broadcast media and books are where I am at right now. It’s all about new beginnings here because I’ve just submitted my PhD – *faints* – so am properly available for new projects for the first time in ages!

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or via her agent Hilary Murray at Hilary@arlingtontalent.com and 020 7580 0702.

With. Without. Whatever. It may not surprise you t

With. Without. Whatever. It may not surprise you to hear I got told off by the salon owner for talking too loudly. 🤪😆
Thank you @evelinaalundgren #haircut

When you’re summoned to visit your favourite 102

When you’re summoned to visit your favourite 102 yr old, you go.

After 3 months of lockdown you also dress up. I wore my favourite espadrilles.

Me: ‘Do you like them?’

Pamela: ‘In her day the Queen Mother wore shoes like that’.

NOT the look I was going for!

All social distancing measures adhered to. And yes she’s in my ‘bubble’, which otherwise consists of my life-saving babysitter ❤️
#bletchleygirl #centurygirl #centenarian #ilovepamela

Today ladies and gentlemen I am going to make my R

Today ladies and gentlemen I am going to make my Românian mother-in-law proud!😍💗 #sarmale #soacra #romania #mancareromaneasca

15 years ago today I got married in a small town h

We went SHOPPING!!! Boris Johnson, the people’s

We went SHOPPING!!! Boris Johnson, the people’s choice, told us it was our patriotic duty to do so and who am I to disobey!?! @mara_xvlx went mad in @uniqlo_uk and my dress is @topshop in @theofficialselfridges (yes pair of earrings too - less said about them the better! 😉😳) This heady splurge, consumer outrage took place on @oxfordstreetw1 you can’t try anything on which is novel ... there is literally no brake on your buying ..#oxfordstreet #shoppingpostcovid #shopping #emptyshops #selfridges #tryingtomatchthenationaldebt

Dame Vera Lynn, 103, the working class girl whose

Dame Vera Lynn, 103, the working class girl whose voice and energy saw her become the WWII forces sweetheart and so much more. Two years ago I made this @bbcworldservice half hour documentary obituary about her with @ball4490 .. it aired this morning and will again tomorrow evening..(listen online: google BBC, Vera Lynn, Tessa Dunlop) We got stuck into the archive and discovered that contrary to some of the tropes being pushed out today, in the war the ruling classes were highly cynical of Vera Lynn ‘s sentimental style. The Telegraph referred to its as ‘flabby amusement’ and her v popular ‘Sincerely Yours’ radio show was taken off air in 1942. Two yrs later MPs were still banging on about worrying over dangers of wartime sentimentalisation... Vera’s huge success masks the pitfalls and difficulties she faced as a working girl with the common touch. Although it’s a bit macabre making an obit before someone dies I loved recording this doc.. it was esp touching Cos we got to interview Edna Cripps (then 102 and a #centurygirl) and Pamela Rose (now 102 and a #bletchleygirl) about their memories of #dameveralynn ❤️❤️ Big thank you also you @katherinejenkinsobe and Vera’s daughter Virgina Lewis Jones, to whom we send all our love and thoughts. Your mother really was one in 60 million!! 💗💜❤️💗💜❤️#obituary #veralynnobituary #forcesweetheart #WWII #whenwillwemeetagain #whitecliffsofdover #foreverengland

This @btflpodcasts interview blew me away, I think

This @btflpodcasts interview blew me away, I think ex-colonel Ali Brown will prove to be the inspiration for my next book. She was in the first cohort of women to train as army officers at Sandhurst college in 1984, she was deployed in Kosovo and the 1st Gulf War. ‘I don’t see the difference between a women loosing her limbs and a man, but its clear from the press that it is seen differently.’ Our conversation left me thinking can a women ever really be regarded as equal on the frontline, even in the British Army women where can finally occupy all the same posts as men. Take for example motherhood. Will society ever be ‘cool’ with a mother being deployed on the frontline in the same way as they are with a father?
I first met Ali at wonderful @nam_london - she’s a great woman and every week without fail rings ATS and Bletchley Girl Betty Webb ❤️ (who aged 97 much enjoyed watching the socially distanced #queensbirthdayparade
Have a listen to the @btflpodcasts . Let me know what you think. LINK IN BIO (obvs!) #wracassociation #womenwhoserve #armygirlsdoitbest

So daughter tells me there’s a #voguechallenge t

So daughter tells me there’s a #voguechallenge trending.
Me: Great! I can post that favourite birthday present picture of all time!
@mara_xvlx : I think you’re a bit old. I’m mean it might look a bit sad.
Me: *POSTS*
Embracing old and sad! 😂

Photo taken 3 years ago, crossing #rannochmoor - lovely friend Hanne (not on insta. 😤) made pic - witnesses included @ionacraftshop @katiegordon4 @ragnartheviking
#perthshire #rannoch #scotland

In this new dawn of statue ‘selection’ 😉 I’d like to introduce you to English-born Queen Marie of Romania, standing proud in Ashford, Kent.

A 2018 gift from Romania to GB in memory of the GB-RO wartime alliance and her work in WW1. Marie had her faults but on balance was a force for the good. The original Queen of hearts, ball-breaker, show off - YES all that and more ❤️🔥👊🏼 HANDS OFF!!!!! #reginamaria #queenmarie #reginamariaaromaniei #ashford #romaniamagica #strongwomen #familiaregalaaromaniei