News Of The War Pod
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The headlines behind the frontlines: NOTW pod, hosted by Andy and Merryn.
We take a look at the stories being read by the public during the war. 6 random dates every year of the war.
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We take a look at the stories being read by the public during the war. 6 random dates every year of the war.
https://linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
For this eps photo of the week we have the front cover pin up: Air Marshall Arthur “Ginger / Bomber” Harris, newly appointed as the Air Officer Commanding in Chief Bomber Command.
Always exciting to make a new role yours 👀
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Always exciting to make a new role yours 👀
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November 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
For this eps photo of the week we have the front cover pin up: Air Marshall Arthur “Ginger / Bomber” Harris, newly appointed as the Air Officer Commanding in Chief Bomber Command.
Always exciting to make a new role yours 👀
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@merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
Always exciting to make a new role yours 👀
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Great as always - BTW you mentioned the aircraft in the illustrations - they’re Grumman Martlets, the Fleet Air Arm version of the American Wildcat fighter. Here’s one about to take off from HMS Formidable, which took part in the operation.
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Great as always - BTW you mentioned the aircraft in the illustrations - they’re Grumman Martlets, the Fleet Air Arm version of the American Wildcat fighter. Here’s one about to take off from HMS Formidable, which took part in the operation.
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We’ve tried to avoid him for 4 seasons but unfortunately we can’t dodge Arthur Askey any longer.
Join us for this and other news headlines on @newsofthewar.bsky.social 23 May 1942
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Join us for this and other news headlines on @newsofthewar.bsky.social 23 May 1942
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November 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We’ve tried to avoid him for 4 seasons but unfortunately we can’t dodge Arthur Askey any longer.
Join us for this and other news headlines on @newsofthewar.bsky.social 23 May 1942
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Join us for this and other news headlines on @newsofthewar.bsky.social 23 May 1942
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Yes, it's Montgomery as you've never seen him before.
Where else do you get THIS kind of news. It can only be the NOTW. Join @andyaitch.bsky.social & @merrynwalters.uk as we leap back to 23rd May, 1942
Yes, it's Montgomery as you've never seen him before.
Where else do you get THIS kind of news. It can only be the NOTW. Join @andyaitch.bsky.social & @merrynwalters.uk as we leap back to 23rd May, 1942
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Yes, it's Montgomery as you've never seen him before.
Where else do you get THIS kind of news. It can only be the NOTW. Join @andyaitch.bsky.social & @merrynwalters.uk as we leap back to 23rd May, 1942
Yes, it's Montgomery as you've never seen him before.
Where else do you get THIS kind of news. It can only be the NOTW. Join @andyaitch.bsky.social & @merrynwalters.uk as we leap back to 23rd May, 1942
Coming this Friday, the news headlines from 23 May 1942….
Who is this man?
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Who is this man?
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November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Coming this Friday, the news headlines from 23 May 1942….
Who is this man?
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Who is this man?
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He likely killed 2 others in 1941. In the 42 spree he also failed to kill two others:
Catherine Mulcahy, 25 who managed to fight him off
Margaret Heywood, Cummins was disturbed by a delivery boy mid attack.
Lots sensationalised stuff online but this is a good wee vid youtu.be/meRXHC5Ww0U?...
Catherine Mulcahy, 25 who managed to fight him off
Margaret Heywood, Cummins was disturbed by a delivery boy mid attack.
Lots sensationalised stuff online but this is a good wee vid youtu.be/meRXHC5Ww0U?...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
He likely killed 2 others in 1941. In the 42 spree he also failed to kill two others:
Catherine Mulcahy, 25 who managed to fight him off
Margaret Heywood, Cummins was disturbed by a delivery boy mid attack.
Lots sensationalised stuff online but this is a good wee vid youtu.be/meRXHC5Ww0U?...
Catherine Mulcahy, 25 who managed to fight him off
Margaret Heywood, Cummins was disturbed by a delivery boy mid attack.
Lots sensationalised stuff online but this is a good wee vid youtu.be/meRXHC5Ww0U?...
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Wanted to take some time to acknowledge the victims of Cummins crimes, as discussed on @newsofthewar.bsky.social this week. So often the perpetrator is focused on.
Evelyn Hamilton, 41
Evelyn Oatley, 34
Doris Jouannet, 32
Margaret Lowe, 43 (No photo)
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Evelyn Hamilton, 41
Evelyn Oatley, 34
Doris Jouannet, 32
Margaret Lowe, 43 (No photo)
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November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Wanted to take some time to acknowledge the victims of Cummins crimes, as discussed on @newsofthewar.bsky.social this week. So often the perpetrator is focused on.
Evelyn Hamilton, 41
Evelyn Oatley, 34
Doris Jouannet, 32
Margaret Lowe, 43 (No photo)
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Evelyn Hamilton, 41
Evelyn Oatley, 34
Doris Jouannet, 32
Margaret Lowe, 43 (No photo)
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Commandos? Boulonge? Slipper wearing jock ex policeman - notorious for putting the cosh on east end criminals? We’ve got you covered on @newsofthewar.bsky.social this week
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November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Commandos? Boulonge? Slipper wearing jock ex policeman - notorious for putting the cosh on east end criminals? We’ve got you covered on @newsofthewar.bsky.social this week
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It’s News of The War time.
Join @andyaitch.bsky.social & @merrynwalters.uk as we discuss the news headlines from the 24th April 1942….
Are the fortunes of war turning? Take a listen and you decide
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It’s News of The War time.
Join @andyaitch.bsky.social & @merrynwalters.uk as we discuss the news headlines from the 24th April 1942….
Are the fortunes of war turning? Take a listen and you decide
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November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
READ ALL ABOUT IT!
It’s News of The War time.
Join @andyaitch.bsky.social & @merrynwalters.uk as we discuss the news headlines from the 24th April 1942….
Are the fortunes of war turning? Take a listen and you decide
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It’s News of The War time.
Join @andyaitch.bsky.social & @merrynwalters.uk as we discuss the news headlines from the 24th April 1942….
Are the fortunes of war turning? Take a listen and you decide
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A particularly packed episode of Islands at War. As @nickleh.bsky.social and Keith make clear, food is becoming a real problem.
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JUNE 1943 PODCAST -GERMANS HUNT FOR GOLD AND DIAMONDS, BINOCULARS BUNGLE, UNITED CLUB RAID, CENSORSHIP AND CINEMA!
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November 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A particularly packed episode of Islands at War. As @nickleh.bsky.social and Keith make clear, food is becoming a real problem.
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open.spotify.com/episode/608V...
Coming, this Friday on News of The War… 24 April 1942.
The other side of wartime Britain.
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The other side of wartime Britain.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Coming, this Friday on News of The War… 24 April 1942.
The other side of wartime Britain.
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@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
The other side of wartime Britain.
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💫Miss us?! Well, what can we say. The war's busy, and the technology's dicky. BUT!
We're making up for lost time in this week's #NewsoftheWar - it's 19th March 1942, and there's a LOT going on! Links below (classic Dictator of the Week, btw)
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk 🗞️
We're making up for lost time in this week's #NewsoftheWar - it's 19th March 1942, and there's a LOT going on! Links below (classic Dictator of the Week, btw)
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk 🗞️
November 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
💫Miss us?! Well, what can we say. The war's busy, and the technology's dicky. BUT!
We're making up for lost time in this week's #NewsoftheWar - it's 19th March 1942, and there's a LOT going on! Links below (classic Dictator of the Week, btw)
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk 🗞️
We're making up for lost time in this week's #NewsoftheWar - it's 19th March 1942, and there's a LOT going on! Links below (classic Dictator of the Week, btw)
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk 🗞️
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GROUND BREAKING RESEARCH KLAXON
Gosh I love looking at the newspapers…. You just stumble across nuggets of gold every single time.
Check it using the link.
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Gosh I love looking at the newspapers…. You just stumble across nuggets of gold every single time.
Check it using the link.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
GROUND BREAKING RESEARCH KLAXON
Gosh I love looking at the newspapers…. You just stumble across nuggets of gold every single time.
Check it using the link.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar?u…
Gosh I love looking at the newspapers…. You just stumble across nuggets of gold every single time.
Check it using the link.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar?u…
💫What’s this, a scoop, for #NewsoftheWar?
Yes! (Almost.) It’s commonly said, Desert Island Discs was conceived in Nov 1941 and first recorded on Jan 27th, 1942. GUESS WHAT. But in this week's #NOTW we discovered something.
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Yes! (Almost.) It’s commonly said, Desert Island Discs was conceived in Nov 1941 and first recorded on Jan 27th, 1942. GUESS WHAT. But in this week's #NOTW we discovered something.
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
🧵🖇️ to audios below😍
November 3, 2025 at 9:15 AM
💫What’s this, a scoop, for #NewsoftheWar?
Yes! (Almost.) It’s commonly said, Desert Island Discs was conceived in Nov 1941 and first recorded on Jan 27th, 1942. GUESS WHAT. But in this week's #NOTW we discovered something.
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
🧵🖇️ to audios below😍
Yes! (Almost.) It’s commonly said, Desert Island Discs was conceived in Nov 1941 and first recorded on Jan 27th, 1942. GUESS WHAT. But in this week's #NOTW we discovered something.
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
🧵🖇️ to audios below😍
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What’s the lowest point in the war for the British?……Dunkirk? Crete? Singapore? Tobruk?
I’d contest its this point, January 1942.
A blow to morale, how did we recover from it?
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I’d contest its this point, January 1942.
A blow to morale, how did we recover from it?
@newsofthewar.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What’s the lowest point in the war for the British?……Dunkirk? Crete? Singapore? Tobruk?
I’d contest its this point, January 1942.
A blow to morale, how did we recover from it?
@newsofthewar.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
I’d contest its this point, January 1942.
A blow to morale, how did we recover from it?
@newsofthewar.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
And we’re back! Yes, it the NOTW – as it happened in the first week of 1942. In this episode @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk look at what was in the headlines (and the personal ads) on January 8th. Brace yourselves ...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:32 AM
And we’re back! Yes, it the NOTW – as it happened in the first week of 1942. In this episode @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk look at what was in the headlines (and the personal ads) on January 8th. Brace yourselves ...
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We’re back this Friday with a new season - 1942 is finally here. Will we see the tide of the war turning?
Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts this Friday.
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We’re back this Friday with a new season - 1942 is finally here. Will we see the tide of the war turning?
Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts this Friday.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
October 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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We’re back this Friday with a new season - 1942 is finally here. Will we see the tide of the war turning?
Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts this Friday.
linktr.ee/NewsOfTheWar
We’re back this Friday with a new season - 1942 is finally here. Will we see the tide of the war turning?
Join @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts this Friday.
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G'day, mate! Yes, it's our Australian special. In true #NewsoftheWar style, we invited Chris Olivant to be our guest-editor and share his curious fascination with the Aussies' in WW2. No roos, but plenty of rumination on Blamey, Kokoda & politics🇦🇺🐨 @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
G'day, mate! Yes, it's our Australian special. In true #NewsoftheWar style, we invited Chris Olivant to be our guest-editor and share his curious fascination with the Aussies' in WW2. No roos, but plenty of rumination on Blamey, Kokoda & politics🇦🇺🐨 @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social
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Another top pod from @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social. Marvel as Merryn slips seamlessly from Antipodean to RP. Once again a pleasure to catch up with Merryn and Andy at WHWFF.
Bonjour. The words 'love triangle' and 'prisoner of war' don't often appear in the same sentence. But they do in this week's episode of the #Newsofthewar ! It's the tale of the two Johns (honestly, we don't make these up).
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@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
September 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Another top pod from @merrynwalters.uk and @andyaitch.bsky.social. Marvel as Merryn slips seamlessly from Antipodean to RP. Once again a pleasure to catch up with Merryn and Andy at WHWFF.
Bonjour. The words 'love triangle' and 'prisoner of war' don't often appear in the same sentence. But they do in this week's episode of the #Newsofthewar ! It's the tale of the two Johns (honestly, we don't make these up).
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
September 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Bonjour. The words 'love triangle' and 'prisoner of war' don't often appear in the same sentence. But they do in this week's episode of the #Newsofthewar ! It's the tale of the two Johns (honestly, we don't make these up).
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
@andyaitch.bsky.social @merrynwalters.uk
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Another banger from @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social. Pleasure to chat briefly with Merryn and Andy at WHWFF.
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News of the War - 30th August 1941
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September 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Another banger from @merrynwalters.uk @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social. Pleasure to chat briefly with Merryn and Andy at WHWFF.
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New episode, for #NewsoftheWar! As you all rattle towards Silverstone today, the race is on in 1941 – it’s 30th August! Let’s start with one heck of an assault on the senses ... it’s all goin’ on, by the Dnieper.
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New episode, for #NewsoftheWar! As you all rattle towards Silverstone today, the race is on in 1941 – it’s 30th August! Let’s start with one heck of an assault on the senses ... it’s all goin’ on, by the Dnieper.
We’re stumped at NOTW HQ…. @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk can’t make out what type of tank this on the transporter, it’s in our new episode, out tomorrow….. Can you help?
Taken in August 1941 in the western desert…. Let us know what you think.
Taken in August 1941 in the western desert…. Let us know what you think.
September 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We’re stumped at NOTW HQ…. @andyaitch.bsky.social and @merrynwalters.uk can’t make out what type of tank this on the transporter, it’s in our new episode, out tomorrow….. Can you help?
Taken in August 1941 in the western desert…. Let us know what you think.
Taken in August 1941 in the western desert…. Let us know what you think.
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Another top notch pod from @merrynwalters.uk, @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social, with added medical expert. That dangerous fool RFK Jnr should listen. I have to say penicillin is a big thing in my home; saved my life. As ever a book recommendation.
September 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Another top notch pod from @merrynwalters.uk, @andyaitch.bsky.social and @newsofthewar.bsky.social, with added medical expert. That dangerous fool RFK Jnr should listen. I have to say penicillin is a big thing in my home; saved my life. As ever a book recommendation.
Jolly excited doesn't begin to cover it! From Moran to Morell, with infections, gangrene (😷), immunology and all things medical in between - our guest editor this week on #NewsoftheWar is @prof-tregoning.bsky.social ...
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September 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Jolly excited doesn't begin to cover it! From Moran to Morell, with infections, gangrene (😷), immunology and all things medical in between - our guest editor this week on #NewsoftheWar is @prof-tregoning.bsky.social ...
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