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7 June 2025 York Festival of Ideas is one of the biggest book festivals in the country and nearly all the events are free! The 2025...

1 June 2025 I was interviewed by Mandy Robotham for Candis Magazine on the publication of her gripping new page-turner Mrs Spy ...

23 May 2025 I was delighted to speak to a full-house at the Derby Book Festival. The audience enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea before I...

7 May 2025 Ashleigh Percival-Borley reviews Her Secret Service for the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism ,...

30 April 2025 In the lead up to the 80th anniversary of VE Day, I joined relatives of the women who worked in naval intelligence...

28 April 2025 I partnered with Raffles London at the OWO to launch their 'Secrets & Spies' afternoon tea, which celebrates the female...

28 April 2025 I spoke with Paul Bavill and 'raged' about how women in intelligence are often portrayed as seductive femme fatales in...

8 March 2025 I was honoured to be an invited speaker at Bletchley Park's first International Women's Day Symposium all about women in...

25 February 2025 After nearly a decade of researching women in British Intelligence, my debut book has been published in the USA and...

13 February 2025 I had great fun speaking with Bill Harlow, Cover Stories podcast, about my debut book Secret Servants of the Crown: The...

11 February 2025 Ahead of the book's release in the USA and Canada, under the title Secret Servants of the Crown: The Forgotten Women of...

10 February 2025 I had the honour of speaking to a full room at the Army and Navy Club, London . The private club, informally known as...

20 January 2025 A wonderful evening was spent celebrating t he award of the  King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI)  and...

6 January 2025 Her Secret Service receives a glowing review by Dr Kate Vigurs in the January 2025 issue of the BBC History magazine. You...

30 December 2024 Her Secret Service was voted one of Spybrary's best non-fiction books of 2024. You can read the announcement HERE ....

18 December 2024 I sat down with Justin Black from the awesome Spycraft101 podcast and chatted about some of the remarkable women who...

18 December 2024 Her Secret Service chosen by Dr Dan Lomas as an Engelsberg Ideas Book of the Year 2024. You can consult the list HERE

13 December 2024 I spoke with George Wyndham from Digital Party about 'the real story behind Miss Moneypenny'. You can read the article...

12 December 2024 Her Secret Service gets a mention in The Times newspaper article by Gordon Corera exploring the truth about female...

11 December 2024 I was delighted to stay up late and speak with Paul Ross on TalkSport about the remarkable women of British Intelligence...