I'm Simon Sharma and Forronbodies, my 20th book and the one I'm most passionate about, is available now.

It's a story of our human condition in times of pandemic, now as well as in times past,

of inspiring heroism and troubling fear.

I do hope you enjoy reading it.

An epic and moving history of pandemics and vaccines.

Forronbodies is available in all good bookshops and as an audiobook from Audible.

Some case rule, which as you all know is Japanese for Achtung, Achtung.

My name is Almari and you're listening to We Have Ways of Making You Talk,

the podcast all about the Second World War.

After three hard weeks of conflict in London, our tanks of

Old Westwood, as we've opened a new front in the battle scarred villages and

hedgerows of Wiltshire, a particularly testy bockage.

Otherwise known as home to my regular podcast partner, historian James Holland.

What are you in up to since I last saw you James?

Well, I've been finishing off my Normandy book and I've actually been out to Normandy as well,

doing a little bit of telling out there and a little bit of a wrecking and we were doing some

B-roll, which is, you know, those sort of general views and just motoring around and seeing

stuff that hadn't seen. So I went to under Fontaine.

It's a little village on a hill. One of those places that's kind of minor, minor battle,

but if you were involved in it, it was a major, major battle.

And Sherwood Rangers, Yomari and a local battalion to me, the fourth door sits and, you know,

at a terrible place to fight. But what is it beautiful? I mean, my goodness. What, I love to do.

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