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Clare Mulley
@claremulley.bsky.social
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Author of The #SpyWhoLoved (freedom), #WomenWhoFlewForHitler (but ended their lives on opposite sides of history), #WomanWhoSavedTheChildren (but didn’t like them much). #AgentZo (what a hero).
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 1h
Exquisite St Mary’s Church this morning.
With thanks to former Polish Ambassador to Britain, @arkadyrzegocki for being my guide at the church, & the 19c art collection in the #Sukiennice gallery in #RynekGłowny, #Kraków.
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Norfolk Record Office @norfolkro.bsky.social · 3h
On this day nurse #EdithCavell and #PhilipeBaucq were shot at dawn for helping allied soldiers to escape Belgium during the First World War. This is a letter from one of those soldiers.
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 6h
Ps, the seats in the museum lecture theatre are from Soviet communist-era passenger aircraft, repurposed brilliantly here!
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 6h
In a beautiful moment last night, after my talk on #AgentZo at the #PolishAviationMuseum in #Kraków, Benedict told me the story of his parents: mother in the #FANY working with the Polish forces, father a Polish airman…
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 1d
Happy #WorldBookshopDay!
In 1610, Cologne merchant Francisek Jakub Mercenich estab. ‘an open shop on the street, where books are sold’ in #Kraków’s old square. This is the oldest #bookshop in #Poland, & among the oldest in #Europe. Today it’s selling signed copies of #AgentZo!
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 1d
Happy #WorldBookshopDay!
In 1610, Cologne merchant Francisek Jakub Mercenich estab. ‘an open shop on the street, where books are sold’ in #Kraków’s old square. This is the oldest #bookshop in #Poland, & among the oldest in #Europe. Today it’s selling signed copies of #AgentZo!
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 2d
Arrived #Kraków in the gloaming…
Such an exquisitely beautiful city…
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 2d
(And they have my book for sale in the bookshop on the market square!)
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 2d
Arrived #Kraków in the gloaming…
Such an exquisitely beautiful city…
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 3d
How fab are these murals designs for murals, hopefully to go on bldings in Poznań!
Created by design students, these 2 show #KrysrynaSkarkek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved, &
#ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo!
I LOVE these images, do you?
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 3d
On 15 Nov, I’ll be talking about my book #AgentZo with @jamesholland.com & @jooonitz.bsky.social at Lessons Learned, the 1-day #WWII history festival at @jockeyclub.bsky.social in Newmarket. Tickets at eafestival.com
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 4d
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 4d
Beautiful Poznań in the rain 🌧️
I’ve just given a talk in the #Enigma #Cipher Centre at Poznań University where #Zo studied maths alongside #MarianRejewski, the man who first broke the German enigma system!
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#ElżbietaZawacka #Zo #AgentZo #AgentkaZo
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 4d
it was an honour to officially launch the Polish edition of my book, #AgentkaZo, under the 4-engine American Liberator bomber in the main hall of the @warsawrisingmuseum .
Several children of the elite Polish #2WW special forces, the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen were with us!
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 4d
it was an honour to officially launch the Polish edition of my book, #AgentkaZo, under the 4-engine American Liberator bomber in the main hall of the @warsawrisingmuseum .
Several children of the elite Polish #2WW special forces, the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen were with us!
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 4d
In Sept 1943, #ElżbietaZawacka aka #Zo became the only woman to parachute from Britain to Nazi German occupied Poland, leaping from. British 4-engine Halifax bomber.
This evening…
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 4d
it was an honour to officially launch the Polish edition of my book, #AgentkaZo, under the 4-engine American Liberator bomber in the main hall of the @warsawrisingmuseum .
Several children of the elite Polish #2WW special forces, the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen were with us!
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 4d
In Sept 1943, #ElżbietaZawacka aka #Zo became the only woman to parachute from Britain to Nazi German occupied Poland, leaping from. British 4-engine Halifax bomber.
This evening…
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 5d
Such fun being interviewed by Caesar here, for his Polish #Historia youtube channel.
I’ve been given a wonderfully warm welcome everywhere :)
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 6d
Interviewed by Polish @TVPWorld_com abt the Polish elite special forces in #WW2, the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen.
After training in GB under #SOE auspices, 316 were parachuted behind enemy lines to support resistance… inc 1 woman: #ElżbietaZawacka #Zo.
#AgentZo #AgentkaZo
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 6d
Interviewed by Polish @TVPWorld_com abt the Polish elite special forces in #WW2, the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen.
After training in GB under #SOE auspices, 316 were parachuted behind enemy lines to support resistance… inc 1 woman: #ElżbietaZawacka #Zo.
#AgentZo #AgentkaZo
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 7d
An honour to present a talk to, then be interviewed by Capt Banasiak of, 8th Brig, Polish Territorial Defence Forces - the Gen Elżbieta Zawacka Brigade - at #WSBMerito uni in #Bydgoszcz.
There were several female soldiers among them; #Zawacka, aka #Zo, would have bn delighted!
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 7d
An honour to present a talk to, then be interviewed by Capt Banasiak of, 8th Brig, Polish Territorial Defence Forces - the Gen Elżbieta Zawacka Brigade - at #WSBMerito uni in #Bydgoszcz.
There were several female soldiers among them; #Zawacka, aka #Zo, would have bn delighted!
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 7d
Great to be on Polish national RadioPiK this morning, talking about one of the first women to serve in #WW2, & only the second female General in Poland: #ElżbietaZawacka aka #Zo, & my new biography #AgentZo #AgentkaZo!
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Clare Mulley @claremulley.bsky.social · 7d
I did gain an interest in Polish history then. But I’m interested in everything. Only 2 of my 5 books touch on Poland.
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