Kate Thompson - Forgotten Histories

The GIs who swept a nation's women off their feet.

84 years ago today, Pearl Harbor was bombed, bringing the US Army into WW2. The reverberations of the cultural, social and sexual explosion caused by…

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My friendship with a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor and the valuable lessons it has taught me.

Renia Berkowicz was 10 years old when German forces invaded Poland on the 1 September, 1939.

Dec 5 • 

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November 2025

Smutty dragons and raunchy cowboys...

My day as a bookseller inside England's first romantic fiction bookshop

Nov 15 • 

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The domestic violence post that went viral

My last Substack post was all about an extraordinary woman called Jenny Smith.

Nov 14 • 

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October 2025

How the world's first women's refuge saved Jenny's life...

And how entrusting me with her book became part of the healing process.

Oct 25 • 

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Discover the secret library at the heart of one of WW2's great resistance stories.

Kate Thompson - Forgotten Histories is a reader-supported publication.

Oct 13 • 

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The Books the Nazis banned

When we ban books we are declaring certain people to be unacceptable.

Oct 12 • 

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The Battle of Cable Street

On this day, 89 years ago, a historic battle against fascism was won on the streets of London's East End - and women played a major part!

Oct 4 • 

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September 2025

Meet Sally, who wrote poetry in secret to escape the war.

Kate Thompson - Forgotten Histories is a reader-supported publication.

Sep 28 • 

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Uncovering the secrets of a wartime tragedy

And how a forgotten Blitz bomb helped to change British society forever

Sep 14 • 

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The heartbreaking secret stories behind Operation Pied Piper

In September 1939, British mothers grappled with the ultimate dilemma...

Sep 6 • 

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August 2025

The Librarian of Kabul

Four years ago today, Kabul fell to the Taliban. Librarian Wahida Amiri is still falling.

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