Kate Thompson - Forgotten Histories

The damning story behind Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.

On this day, 71 years ago…

Jul 13 • Kate Thompson

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What I learnt from my wartime namesake

Kate Thompson was a woman who took multi-tasking to a new level.

Jul 10 • Kate Thompson

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June 2026

Women of the Blitz...

Hello all…

Jun 27 • Kate Thompson

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Children of War

Firstly, can I please apologise for not having posted for a long time?

Jun 12 • Kate Thompson

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April 2026

Farewell Pat Spicer, the Pocket Venus of the East End

It’s with a heavy heart that I share the news that yet another of the wonderful wartime women I have had the privilege of interviewing, has passed away.

Apr 24 • Kate Thompson

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March 2026

Read all about it - the Underground Blitz newspaper

Complete with it's own lonely hearts club!

Mar 7 • Kate Thompson

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February 2026

London's Travelling Wartime Library

To celebrate the upcoming publication of my fifteenth book, The Secret Society of Librarians, I’m sharing some of the remarkable stories I uncovered in…

Feb 28 • Kate Thompson

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Come with me and visit an ancient, hidden library in the heart of London.

To celebrate the upcoming publication of my fifteenth book, The Secret Society of Librarians, I’m sharing some of the remarkable stories I uncovered in…

Feb 21 • Kate Thompson

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Happy 102nd birthday, Marianne.

Life lessons from an extraordinary woman...

Feb 14 • Kate Thompson

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January 2026

What happened when Auschwitz survivor Renee Salt returned to the Nazi death camp - with her grandson.

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking 81 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp.

Jan 27 • Kate Thompson

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Remembering Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss

Eva Schloss was known to the world as the posthumous stepsister of Anne Frank, but she was so much more than her connection to Anne.

Jan 17 • Kate Thompson

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Publication of A Mother's Promise in paperback.

A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a Holocaust memoir.

Jan 15 • Kate Thompson

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