Podcasts about world war ii london

This week, Julia Kelly is back with us to discuss her new novel, The Dressmakers of London, about estranged sisters who inherit their late mother's dress shop in World War II London.  We discuss unearthing women's everyday experiences in history, how rationing affected women's fashion during World War II, the lasting impact on clothing design,  ties to today's slow fashion movement, and much more.

On this episode, I spoke to production designer Adam Stockhausen about his work on Steve McQueen's Blitz.  Stockhausen is an… Oscar winner for The Grand Budapest Hotel. He was also nominated for West Side Story, Bridge of Spies and 12 Years a Slave Annie Award nominee for Isle of Dogs BAFTA winner for The Grand Budapest Hotel. He was also nominated for The French Dispatch, West Side Story, Bridge of Spies and 12 Years a Slave Critics Choice Award winner for The Grand Budapest Hotel. He was also nominated for Asteroid City, The French Dispatch, West Side Story, Bridge of Spies and 12 Years a Slave 2x ADG Award winner for The Grand Budapest Hotel and Isle of Dogs Steve McQueen's film follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.  

Felicity Beckett talks to director Steve McQueen about his new film, Blitz. Blitz follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son. If you'd like to send us a voice memo for use in a future episode, please email podcast@picturehouses.co.uk. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Follow us on Spotify. Find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram with @picturehouses. Find our latest cinema listings at picturehouses.com.  Produced by Stripped Media. Thank you for listening. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe, rate, review and share with your friends. Vive le Cinema.

“Unknowability“ Chatter goes random with Summer of Littles, iTunes review and Jeffrey Toobin (he's back!). Award winning author Maggie Shipstead joins to talk about Great Circle, her third novel that spans a century, the globe and intertwined lives of two women separated by time and joined by life experiences.  Great Circle entrances with prohibition-era Montana, World War II London and modern day Hollywood. Shipstead's storytelling makes for gripping reading.

In his new novel ‘V2’ Robert Harris has crafted an immersive thriller set in World War II London in the aftermath of a V2 bombing. Robert joined Ryan to talk about the book and the incredible history that underpins this story.

There's a serial killer terrorizing World War II London, and all evidence leads to a stolen violin. Sound like a mystery?... Well, it is! Secret Agent Maggie Hope is the only one who can solve this mystery in The King's Justice. West Lafayette Public Library Director Nick Schenkel has the review.

Viewers of the popular PBS Sunday evening British TV show”Call the Midwife” know that the characters are both midwives by the most traditional definition – people trained to help deliver babies – and midwives of birthing larger social change in the poorest neighborhood of post World War II London. This Mother’s Day we will explore both senses of the word and affirm that we are all midwives.

On Wednesday, September 20, 2017, a Category 4 hurricane made landfall on the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria completely destroyed the island’s power grid, leveled homes and schools, and was and continues to be a source of great humanitarian concern both for the 3.4 million people who live on Puerto Rico as well as for the upwards of 300,000 Puerto Ricans who live in the state of Connecticut.On the first segment of today’s show, host Tom Breen talks with WNPR journalist and photographer Ryan Caron King about the Island Next Door, a reporting project undertaken by King and WNPR news director Jeff Cohen that documents the months-long fallout of Hurricane Maria, both on the island and in the Nutmeg State. They focus in on the videos and photographs that Ryan made over the course of several reporting trips to Puerto Rico in late 2017.On the second segment of the show, Breen is joined by New Haven Independent staff writer Allan Appel for a review of PHANTOM THREAD, a new movie from director Paul Thomas Anderson that offers a biting critique of the myth of the domineering male artistic genius and his docile female muse, all set in the world of high fashion in post-World War II London, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, and Lesley Manville.

Mark Ellis's World War II London is a place where crime flourishes alongside the heroism of firefighters and fighter pilots  and his charismatic Detective Frank Merlin deals with rapists, and racketeers amidst the carnage of falling bombs.. Hi there I'm your host Jenny Wheeler and today Mark talks about one of the best kept secrets of wartime Britain - how the Blackout and the Blitz led to a 60 per cent surge in crime all over the land. Six things you'll learn from this Joys of Binge Reading episode: Mark's fascination with wartime London The Blackout Crime Wave noone talked about What attracted Mark to historical thrillers How his writing method had evolved The authors he likes to binge read The secret to his writing success - and it's one anyone can copy What follows is a "near as" transcript of the conversation in full with links to many of the key books and events discussed. Where to find Mark Ellis Website:  http://www.markellisauthor.com/ Facebook: Personal page:  https://www.facebook.com/mark.ellis.794 Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/MarkEllisAuthor/ Twitter:  @MarkEllis15 Jenny: But now, here's Mark.  Hello there Mark and welcome to the show, it's great to have you with us. Mark: Great to be with you Jenny Jenny: I like to start off at the beginning - the best place to start - and that is - was there a "Once Upon A Time" moment when you realised you had to write fiction or your life would be the lesser for it?  If so what was the catalyst? Mark Ellis - historical mystery author Mark: I wouldn't put it that way. I think when I was young I was a voracious reader and after going through various childish ambitions like wanting to be a cowboy or a comedian or something like that I did have an ambition to be a writer. And I wrote in school and then in college and did get compliments from various people that I might have some potential.  However, I went to do law in Cambridge, I became a barrister and very quickly life took over. For a brief while when I was a barrister I used to try and get up at 6 in the morning and write and I wrote  about half a novel, but then it just became too much for me. And then after being a barrister I went into business for other people and then for myself. The moment when I knew I had to do it  - and would be able to do it eventually  - was when I had a computer company with a partner and we sold it and that's when I realised "if i don't do it now I will never do it." that's when I started.  That was about ten years ago. Jenny: The first novel in your Frank Merlin World War II series was Princes Gate. Was that also the first one you wrote or were there others before it? Mark: Yes it was the first one I ever completed. I had attempts at others that I never finished. Jenny: So how did you settle on the historical crime/mystery genre as the area you wanted to work in? Mark: I do read all sorts of genre but I suppose when you are working hard in a business career you want to have something light to read - it takes your mind off things. I always found crime particularly good at that - crime books - and at the same time I have always had a fascination for history so when I had the time to write and decided to write - I gave it a hard think as well. Historical crime is a growing and increasingly popular area, and I must admit I wanted to fulfil myself artistically but the idea of making money was not completely irrelevant so I thought I might have better sales but also this was really that context which attracted me and for which I had ideas. Jenny: What specifically attracted you to World War II? Mark: My parents both lived through the war, my father was in the navy and served abroad in various places like Africa, and my mother was a teenager at the beginning of the war and just got her first job during the war. She was a secretary in the local railway office - that's where she met my father aft...

Director Joe Wright and his sound supervisor Craig Berkey talk about using sound design to build worlds as diverse as Churchill’s World War II London in Darkest Hour, the synesthezia of a homeless schizophrenic in The Soloist, or a fantastic Neverland in Pan. Wright and Berkey explore why recording Foley in the real Churchill war rooms was important, how working in the London rave scene after college influenced Wright’s use of sound, and why having the score to play for the actors on set is important. In this series of six episodes, we focus on the long-time collaboration of some of the leading directors and their sound supervisors working today. These remarkable directors talk about the importance of sound to the films, and how they work with sound design and music.

Genevieve, oh Genevieve, why must you be so fickle. Breaking down every few miles. It’s only 60 miles from London to Brighton but in these turn of the 20th century cars it feels more like 600! Hijinks and pranks ensue along the way. Directed by Henry Cornelius, with some sweet mouth organ tunes provided by Larry Adler, starring Dinah Sheridan, John Greyson, Kay Kendall and Kenneth More. It’s part travel film, part slapstick comedy and part commentary on post World War II London. All in all a rollicking good time! Enjoy!

The Genealogy Gems Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke In this episode, I'm celebrating the 100th episode of another podcast I host: the Family Tree Magazine podcast. So I'll flashback to one of my favorite interviews from that show, an inspiring get-in-shape conversation for your research skills: how you can strengthen your research muscles and tone those technology skills to find and share your family history. More episode highlights: News on Chronicling America and Scotland's People; Comments from guest expert Lisa Alzo on millions of Czech records that have recently come online; A YouTube-for-genealogy success story from a woman I met at a conference; An excerpt from the Genealogy Gems Book Club interview with Chris Cleave, author of Everyone Brave is Forgiven; Diahan Southard shares a DNA gem: the free website GEDmatch, which you might be ready for if you've done some DNA testing. 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Monday, September 11, 1939 War started today. After another week of lies and duplicity, Hitler launched into actual warfare early this morning. At five thirty this morning he announced the enclosure of Danzig in the Reich, and at five forty-five he bombed his first Polish town. Reports were that the Germans had already bombed eight Polish cities, and were attacking on all frontiers. The BBC has just announced that King George held a Privy Council this noon, and has signed papers completing the mobilization of our Army, Navy, and Air Forces. Further news is to be broadcast at four p.m. Produced by BigWorldNetwork.com Compiled by Victoria Washuk as written in the diary of her great-grandmother, Ruby Alice Side Thompson

Monday, September 11, 1939 War started today. After another week of lies and duplicity, Hitler launched into actual warfare early this morning. At five thirty this morning he announced the enclosure of Danzig in the Reich, and at five forty-five he bombed his first Polish town. Reports were that the Germans had already bombed eight Polish cities, and were attacking on all frontiers. The BBC has just announced that King George held a Privy Council this noon, and has signed papers completing the mobilization of our Army, Navy, and Air Forces. Further news is to be broadcast at four p.m. Produced by BigWorldNetwork.com Compiled by Victoria Washuk as written in the diary of her great-grandmother, Ruby Alice Side Thompson

Friday, September 1, 1939 War started today. After another week of lies and duplicity, Hitler launched into actual warfare early this morning. At five thirty this morning he announced the enclosure of Danzig in the Reich, and at five forty-five he bombed his first Polish town. Reports were that the Germans had already bombed eight Polish cities, and were attacking on all frontiers. The BBC has just announced that King George held a Privy Council this noon, and has signed papers completing the mobilization of our Army, Navy, and Air Forces. Further news is to be broadcast at four p.m. Produced by BigWorldNetwork.com Compiled by Victoria Washuk as written in the diary of her great-grandmother, Ruby Alice Side Thompson