PENNY STARNS was awarded her Doctorate in History at the University of Bristol and specialises in the History of the Second World War. She has researched and taught at Cambridge, London and Bristol universities, and has written history programmes for BBC Radio 4, for which she was awarded the Sony Gold Award for the best written and researched radio programme series. In 2025, she was given the honour of speaking at an English Heritage unveiling ceremony for Odette's Blue Plaque. Her other books include Odette and Nurses at War.

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PENNY STARNS was awarded her Doctorate in History at the University of Bristol and specialises in the History of the Second World War. She has researched and taught at Cambridge, London and Bristol universities, and has written history programmes for BBC Radio 4, for which she was awarded the Sony Gold Award for the best written and researched radio programme series. In 2025, she was given the honour of speaking at an English Heritage unveiling ceremony for Odette's Blue Plaque. Her other books include Odette and Nurses at War.

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PENNY STARNS was awarded her Doctorate in History at the University of Bristol and specialises in the History of the Second World War. She has researched and taught at Cambridge, London and Bristol universities, and has written history programmes for BBC Radio 4, for which she was awarded the Sony Gold Award for the best written and researched radio programme series. In 2025, she was given the honour of speaking at an English Heritage unveiling ceremony for Odette's Blue Plaque. Her other books include Odette and Nurses at War.

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