Is “Blitz Spirit” a myth?

History Extra podcast

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4.3 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Ahead of their new BBC One documentary, Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley, historian and broadcaster Lucy Worsley, historical consultant Joshua Levine and producer Yasmine Permaul interrogate the idea of “Blitz Spirit”. Introducing us to a raft of characters who lived through the bombings in London, they reveal how people really reacted to the devastating raids that threatened them and their loved ones.

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0:00.0	The biotapestry ranks as surely one of the most famous pieces of medieval artwork.
0:06.8	Yet it's not actually a tapestry and it probably wasn't made in bio.
0:11.7	It tells the story of the Norman conquest but misses out some crucial details including
0:16.3	two of the three big battles fought in England in 1066.
0:20.7	It features sex and violence, myths and fables and even has the hand of God.
0:26.8	We don't know how it ends but we do know that it's supposed to be coming to the UK
0:31.1	on loan from Normandy at some point in the next few years.
0:34.8	So now is the time to really get to grips with the tapestry story in our new history extra
0:39.6	podcast series, unraveling the biotapestry.
0:42.9	Join me, David Musgrove, tapestry expert, Professor Michael Lewis and a panel of other leading
0:48.4	historians including Michael Woods and Janina Ramirez for our exclusive five-part series.
0:54.4	Available to listen to now at historyextra.com forward slash tapestry pod.
1:12.0	Hello and welcome to the history extra podcast from BBC History magazine
1:16.4	Britain's best selling history magazine. I'm Ellie Corthon.
1:28.6	The term blitz spirit has been back in the news recently with comparisons between the coronavirus
1:35.0	pandemic and the German bombing raids that Britain endured in the Second World War.
1:39.4	But just how accurate is it? A head of a new BBC one documentary, blitz spirit with Lucy
1:46.9	Wurzley, our sub-editor, Rianne Davies, spoke to the historian and broadcast the Lucy Wurzley,
1:53.2	alongside the historical consultant for the show Joshua Levine and its producer, Yasmin Pymor.
1:59.8	To find out more about the reality of this enigmatic term.
2:03.0	Although many British cities were bombed between September 1940 and May 1941, this podcast primarily
2:11.2	focuses on what happened in London, following the experiences of six Londoners and their responses
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