Wendy Ugolini
@wugolini.bsky.social
Professor of Second World War Studies (Edinburgh Uni). Co-founder of RSE-funded Second World War Network (Scotland); PI on AHRC project 'Beyond Borders: The Second World War, National Identities and Empire in the UK'; Author of Wales in England 1914-1945
Thank you Charlie! And hopefully it will introduce Urquhart's work to a wider audience.
September 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Thank you Charlie! And hopefully it will introduce Urquhart's work to a wider audience.
Not for a while yet - I have another book to finish first!
September 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Not for a while yet - I have another book to finish first!
The Imperial War Museum has digitised interviews with women who served in the #SWW Auxiliary Services:
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Sound Archive
The Sound Archive holds over 33,000 recordings relating to conflict since 1914. This consists of the largest oral history collection of its type in the world, with contributions from both service pers...
www.iwm.org.uk
August 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The Imperial War Museum has digitised interviews with women who served in the #SWW Auxiliary Services:
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Yes, I have vague memories too of good BBC TV coverage around the 60th anniversary...
August 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Yes, I have vague memories too of good BBC TV coverage around the 60th anniversary...
Working in the UK, I tend to prefer life writing sources (which can encompass recorded oral testimonies, as well as memoirs, diaries, letters, etc.) or personal narratives.
August 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Working in the UK, I tend to prefer life writing sources (which can encompass recorded oral testimonies, as well as memoirs, diaries, letters, etc.) or personal narratives.
Yes! Her unpublished memoir is very rich, but I was primarily focusing on constructions of her Welsh identity and identification with Wales.
August 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Yes! Her unpublished memoir is very rich, but I was primarily focusing on constructions of her Welsh identity and identification with Wales.
How wonderful! Her unpublished memoir (held at the British Library) is vividly written.
August 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
How wonderful! Her unpublished memoir (held at the British Library) is vividly written.