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Greg Lewis

  • October 23, 2026

    From Nazi Star to the Star Who Played Nazis

    Every war film fan will recognise this man: Wolfgang Preiss. A sign of quality in so many great films from The Train and Von Ryan’s Express to The Boys from Brazil and A Bridge Too Far. But do you know about his start in cinema during WW2 – starring in propaganda films under Joseph Goebbels?

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  • October 23, 2026

    103-year-old veteran pays tribute to captain of sunk WW2 battleship

    Honoured to share this film of 103-yr-old Marshall Badham, who must be the last survivor of the sinking of HMS Repulse in 1941.

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  • October 21, 2026

    A Survivor’s Journey: 60 Years Since the Aberfan disaster

    Tribute to a survivor and a courageous chronicler of the disaster at Aberfan.

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  • September 3, 2026

    Bestselling writer tips on how to get an agent

    Finding support for your writing can be hard. Here are a few quick tips to help you get an agent.

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  • August 30, 2026

    Does a writer need an agent?

    A big question, I suppose. I’ve worked with agents in New York and London, and these are my thoughts in 50 seconds:

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  • August 29, 2026

    In Memory of D-Day veteran DON HOWKINS who has died, aged 105

    D-Day veteran Don Howkins, who landed on Gold Beach, has died, aged 105.

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  • August 8, 2026

    Margot Frank – the sister – the other Frank

    Margot. The other sister. She wrote a diary but, sadly, unlike Anne’s, it was never found. And so she became a supporting player in one of the most tragical stories of the Twentieth Century. Represented not in her own words, but in those of her younger sister.

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  • July 31, 2026

    “Anybody who wasn’t frightened, there was something wrong with them.”

    Very moving honesty from my dear, late friend, D-Day veteran Ted Owens. D-Day commando and sniper Ted enjoyed educating people about war, and loved answering schoolchildren’s questions. This was filmed in 2019.

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  • July 25, 2026

    D-Day veteran: what was it like to shoot someone?

    Have a listen to my dear friend Ted – a D-Day commando and sniper – talk about what it was like to have to shoot someone during the war. Ted was interviewed in 2019 when we were tracing his wartime footsteps together.

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  • July 23, 2026

    Writers Diary#1: Fear and Rambling in List Vagueness

    Like many of you, I despair at the AI-generated ‘list posts’ that pop up everywhere now. Five tips to be a writer. Five things to clear the storage on your iPhone. Five reasons The Odyssey is the worst film of all time.

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