News of The War

"News of The War" – Beating the war drums, wooden tanks, sandcastles and sandbags (get yer seams the right way round...) - and Pandas, of course. Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the Small Ads, Letters to the Editor and Dictator of the Week during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – Ich Bin ein Berliner - what, already? It's war, I tell you! War!! Pull up a sandbag, shake loose the pages - Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the Small Ads, Letters to the Editor and Dictator of the Week during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – it's the headlines behind the frontlines in WW2. Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the occasional detour into what lurks in the Small Ads, and Letters to the Editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – plenty of news coming in, and yet Britain's still not at war. However! Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters turn the pages to find out what's happening on the continent. Germany. Russia. More Germany. More Germany with a side of Poland. Wit, grit, and guaranteed swerves into the smalls - oo-er - of the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – Phoney War? Nor 'arf. From the dogs of war to Dictator of The Week, there's also a great romp through the Illustrated London News - see (hear!) how those immense pictures were created, all through the war. Pull up a sandbag, shake loose the pages - Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – So the King's making his speech, the Pope turns out to be a bit of no good 'un, and Old Bill takes on a whole new meaning - pull up a sandbag, shake loose the pages - Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – We’re back! It’s a second season! Well, the war did go on a bit. The bombing’s started, or has it? Bomb tests, brilliant decisions by the BBC, and brmmm brmmm – despatch riders get more than a worthy mention. Pull up a sandbag, rattle your shilling - Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – It's all go, it's all going, it's all gone horribly wrong. Nevertheless! White the enemy is pressingon, the LDV is cracking into gear and the jitterbug is a means to an end (no seriously, it can be Quite The Catalyst). Tank identification skills aside, and Fortunino Matania and his tut to boot – Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – Move over,  Adrian Carton de Wiart. There's a new, one-eyed, one-legged hero in town - and he's quite the chap. See also, Abraham Lincoln gets a look-in and gets his maps out; our darling Gracie makes the entertainment pages, and our trepid duo try to navigate the fashions – Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – Superstar, starlet's dreamboat - **MR. DAVID NIVEN** joins the cast this week, as does Pepe the Polar Bear, and a very peculiar bird.– Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – Bit of a theme this week. The was is starting to take its toll, and with the Blitz encumbent, people are starting to feel the strain. To the strains of unexpected bagpipes, we explore some street entertainment - and, yes, unfortunately, there's a Moseley mention too. And Sharpe gets a look-in. But this IS the News Of the War! Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – Just when you think the episode's going to be a riot, it turns into an oo-er ... time and again, in News of The War, we find stories that make us laugh and cry. Our Dictator of The Week is a funny looking chap ... there's a centre spread worth poring over for ALL the detail ... and we get Norfolk accents. This IS the News Of the War! Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – It’s early 1941, FDR is inaugurated, and Eleanor Roosevelt and her teabag make an appearance - as do the representatives for equal pay in the face of danger, the RAF (heading the wrong way in North Africa) and the Doggie Spitfire Fund! It can only be the #NewsoftheWar ...Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – When good ol' Jimmy Stewart's getting in on the act, you know things are getting serious. Stories of survival at sea, and of Skopsko beer this week - along with traction in the desert, progress on the eastern, western, and northern fronts - plus more besides. Greece is the word, and the conchies fight back - it can only be the #NewsoftheWar ...Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – In the first six months of 1941, there's so much happening EVERYWHERE. So how is the British public staying abreast of the war? By reading about it, in the newspapers. Stalin, Hitler, men in the desert, Crete, Greece, Yugoslavia, the rumour mill in Britain ... and some damned fine advertising, top right, don' turn the page! It could only be the #NewsoftheWar ...Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – From the man who's giving Goebbels a headache, to the men and women writing letters about the important things in life (like updates from the Women's Bowls' Team), and from life in the western desert to movmeent across the Dneipr, it is, as they say, all going on. Tune in, brace yourselves; it can only be the #NewsoftheWar ...Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – Could you walk 300 miles across a desert, with only the map torn from a newspaper? Well. Let's see if it's possible. Then there's the Duke of Bedofrd, the birth of Kit Kats, and the tale of the Two Joans - if it didn't exist, we'd have to invent it!. Tune in, brace yourselves; it can only be the #NewsoftheWar ...Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – At the end of 1941, war had wandered out of Europe and onto the global stage. Or that's what it felt like, if you read the newspapers this week. From home front news (and the good news for cows tuning into the light programme), to overseas drama, it's all here in the headlines. Tune in, brace yourselves; it can only be the #NewsoftheWar ...Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – At the beginning of 1942, the war is jamming the pages of the broadsheets - there's not a column free for updates from the Women's Institute. It's all invasions in Norway (fishy business), airfields in Malaya, and, er, news about spotty dogs being everything you'd expect them to be. From home front news (and a scoop for Desert Island Discs!), to overseas drama, it's all here in the headlines. Tune in, brace yourselves; it can only be the #NewsoftheWar ...Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"News of The War" – We've got everything this week, from small ads for Leonard Henry to insurance claims for air raids. We couldn't make it up if we tried. From home front news, to overseas drama, it's all here in the headlines. Tune in, brace yourselves; it can only be the #NewsoftheWar ...Andy Aitcheson and Merryn Walters dig into the newspapers, chasing the stories that didn’t make it into the history books. Expect dry wit, sapper grit, deep dives, and the detours into what lurks in the photos, gossip, scandal, news, and letters to the editor during the Second World War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.