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Surviving Katyń wins 2022 Mark Lynton History Prize
/in Katyń Forest, Polish History, Second World WarMark Lynton History Prize 2022
/in Katyń Forest, Polish History, Second World WarColumbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University are pleased to announce the 2022 shortlist for the Mark Lynton History Prize.
Chelsea History Festival
/in Katyń Forest, Polish History, Second World WarI will be speaking about my new book, Surviving Katyń, at the Chelsea History Festival on 23rd September 2021 in an event chaired by historian Roger Moorhouse.
Capturing the Spanish Civil War
/in Gerda Taro, Second World WarDo have a listen to this podcast from the successful Warfare podcast by History Hit which I recorded recently with James Rogers to coincide with the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
Surviving Katyń – Audiobook read by Jane Rogoyska
/in Katyń Forest, Polish History, Second World WarSurviving Katyń is now available as an audiobook. You can buy it from Audible.co.uk, Audiobooks.co.uk and other audiobook websites.