Greg Lewis

  • Raid on St Nazaire: 75 years ago today

    On March 28, 1942 more than 600 men left Falmouth in Cornwall in a flotilla of three destroyers and 16 smaller boats. The special fleet included HMS Campbeltown which was packed with explosives and was to be used to ram into the gates of the docks of the French port of St Nazaire. St Nazaire was…

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  • Cross of Lorraine crushes the Swastika

    November 11 1943 is, I understand, a well-remembered day for historians of the Resistance in Nazi-Occupied France. It was on that day that the Maquis paraded through the town of Oyonnax in an event designed as a show of strength, a morale boost for the local population. The town was chosen because there was no…

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  • The Story of the “Real McCoy”

    The Story of the “Real McCoy”

      Writing Tom Sharkey’s biography meant we got to “meet” many of the great characters of old-time boxing. Sharkey wasn’t the only wild character among them. One of our favourites was “Kid” McCoy – real name Norman Selby – who faced Sharkey in January 1899 as a boyish-looking 26-year-old and had fast become one of…

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  • ‘Freiheit’. Tribute: the White Rose

    For those fascinated by this week’s tributes to Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans and Christoph Probst (all executed 76 years ago) this is the spot at which their fate was sealed. Sophie threw anti-Nazi leaflets from the balcony under the clock and into the hall below at Munich university. All these years later it is…

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  • Photographing the film-makers

    A big shout-out to photographer Susy Fernandes who is following the production of our short film This Is Not A Poem. I’ve worked on dozens of productions but have never had someone taking photos during the process. Being behind the camera one feels quite anonymous. Susy’s photos are putting the camera operator Paul Roberts and…

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  • THIS IS NOT A POEM

    We’re underway. My friend, Eric Ngalle Charles, and I have long-cherished a dream to turn his words and poetry into a film-hymn to tolerance and understanding. Eric is a Cameroon-born writer who came to Britain as a refugee almost twenty years ago and has since become one of Wales’ foremost poets. His writing is fearless…

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  • Defying Hitler: The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule

    Coming soon from Dutton Caliber in the US (published April 2019):An enthralling work of popular history that vividly resurrects the web of everyday Germans who resisted Nazi rule Nazi Germany is remembered as a nation of willing fanatics. But beneath the surface, countless ordinary, everyday Germans actively resisted Hitler. Some passed industrial secrets to Allied…

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  • Beti and David: Lost for Words

    Delighted that Beti and David: Lost for Words is a finalist at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards. A testament to Beti’s work & a tribute to David whose own life in broadcasting inspired so many. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08fnvq4  

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  • British POW witnesses Nagasaki: “It was simply astounding, nothing left standing for miles, everything flat and burnt out.”

    Sgt Major Les Spence Les Spence was a remarkable man who kept an astonishing journal. For almost four years he risked his life to keep a daily record of hardship, courage and endurance in prison camps run by the Japanese. He and his fellow prisoners faced starvation, disease and cruelty. They kept up their spirits…

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  • Beti and David: Lost for Words: “the more people that watch this film the better” – review

    Lovely review in the Daily Telegraph for ‘Beti and David: Lost for Words’. The response to the programme has been overwhelming for all involved. Beti George let the cameras into her home to show people what it is like caring for a partner with dementia. She always intended her story to represent the thousands of carers…

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