Louise Brearley
speaker
24 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 20 Jul
Louise Brearley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Appearances
The Radio 2 Book Club with Sarah Cox.
Tempers hadn't chosen this era as their first tour destination by accident.
If they weren't allowed to offer trips back to the Roman Empire, even a man as persuasive as founder Inigo Frank knew the government regulator could only be pushed so far.
World War II was a smart second best.
There was something about war, this war especially, with its clear-cut good guys to root for and bad guys to hate, that obsessed people who could afford a trip like this.
Mainly powerful men willing to pay a fortune just to feel something.
Anything.
As they passed the doorman of the Café de Paris, they bobbed their heads and thanked him.
Then they stepped out into the night.
Oh my God, Beatrice said, a new note of terror in her voice.
What are we doing?
Tom had spent years reading about the Blitz.
He'd studied history at university, this period for his PhD.
As an aviation buff, he knew how to distinguish the sound of different German bomber engines.
A Heinkel from a Junkers from a Dornier.
He had heard in old newsreel footage the stutter of anti-aircraft fire, watched their crews aiming, straining to make out their target, as searchlights criss-crossed the underlit clouds.
Nothing had prepared him for the sheer volume of this, though.
Organ shaking.
Nerve juddering.
Eyeball quivering.
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