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#ForgottenFriday – Artefact Donations

#ForgottenFriday – Artefact Donations

In today’s Forgotten Friday, we are looking into some recent donations we have had come into the Collections & Engagement Department. We were donated many fantastic artefacts this week, including an original Victorian ‘Improved Patent Magneto-Electric...
#ForgottenFriday – Churchill’s Favourite Spy

#ForgottenFriday – Churchill’s Favourite Spy

Background Christine Granville was Britain’s first and longest serving female special agent and was said to have been Churchill’s favourite spy. Born Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek in Warsaw, 1908, she joined Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) after Germany...