6 yrs ago today I unveiled an English Heritage #BluePlaque to the 1st woman to serve Britain as a special agent in #WW2 - #krystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved.
It took a 6-year campaign, but it’s now at her last address, 1 Lexham Gardens, Kensington, if you want to have a look.
It took a 6-year campaign, but it’s now at her last address, 1 Lexham Gardens, Kensington, if you want to have a look.
September 16, 2026 at 12:43 PM
6 yrs ago today I unveiled an English Heritage #BluePlaque to the 1st woman to serve Britain as a special agent in #WW2 - #krystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved.
It took a 6-year campaign, but it’s now at her last address, 1 Lexham Gardens, Kensington, if you want to have a look.
It took a 6-year campaign, but it’s now at her last address, 1 Lexham Gardens, Kensington, if you want to have a look.
Murdered #OTD 1952.
Britain’s longest serving 2WW agent, male or female, & among the highest achieving: Polish born #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved.
Never forgotten.
Britain’s longest serving 2WW agent, male or female, & among the highest achieving: Polish born #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved.
Never forgotten.
June 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Murdered #OTD 1952.
Britain’s longest serving 2WW agent, male or female, & among the highest achieving: Polish born #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved.
Never forgotten.
Britain’s longest serving 2WW agent, male or female, & among the highest achieving: Polish born #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved.
Never forgotten.
Her true story is told in my book #TheSpyWhoLoved.
This bronze bust of her by award-winning sculptor @ianwolter.bsky.social can be seen in London’s Polish Club #OgniskoPolskie .
This bronze bust of her by award-winning sculptor @ianwolter.bsky.social can be seen in London’s Polish Club #OgniskoPolskie .
May 1, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Her true story is told in my book #TheSpyWhoLoved.
This bronze bust of her by award-winning sculptor @ianwolter.bsky.social can be seen in London’s Polish Club #OgniskoPolskie .
This bronze bust of her by award-winning sculptor @ianwolter.bsky.social can be seen in London’s Polish Club #OgniskoPolskie .
I had SO much fun with #jamesbond sequel novelist #charliehigson recording Audible’s #TheSpyWho… pod on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, Britain’s first female agent of WW2, & the subject of my book #TheSpyWhoLoved.
Available now on @wonderymedia.bsky.social & wherever you get your pods :)
Available now on @wonderymedia.bsky.social & wherever you get your pods :)
April 21, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I had SO much fun with #jamesbond sequel novelist #charliehigson recording Audible’s #TheSpyWho… pod on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, Britain’s first female agent of WW2, & the subject of my book #TheSpyWhoLoved.
Available now on @wonderymedia.bsky.social & wherever you get your pods :)
Available now on @wonderymedia.bsky.social & wherever you get your pods :)
3 women (from so many) who have inspired me, to mark #InternationalWomensDay
1) #KrystynaSkarbek, 1908-52. Aka Christine Granville, Britain’s 1st female special agent of WW2 & among most high achieving. (see #TheSpyWhoLoved)
1) #KrystynaSkarbek, 1908-52. Aka Christine Granville, Britain’s 1st female special agent of WW2 & among most high achieving. (see #TheSpyWhoLoved)
March 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM
3 women (from so many) who have inspired me, to mark #InternationalWomensDay
1) #KrystynaSkarbek, 1908-52. Aka Christine Granville, Britain’s 1st female special agent of WW2 & among most high achieving. (see #TheSpyWhoLoved)
1) #KrystynaSkarbek, 1908-52. Aka Christine Granville, Britain’s 1st female special agent of WW2 & among most high achieving. (see #TheSpyWhoLoved)
With Valentines coming up, what better gift than a copy of #TheSpyWhoLoved?
Krystyna Skarbek aka Christine Granville loved adventure & adrenaline, she loved men - she had 2 husbands & many lovers, but most of all she loved freedom…
Show them you appreciate passion, courage & action!
🤍❤️📖📕📖❤️🤍
Krystyna Skarbek aka Christine Granville loved adventure & adrenaline, she loved men - she had 2 husbands & many lovers, but most of all she loved freedom…
Show them you appreciate passion, courage & action!
🤍❤️📖📕📖❤️🤍
February 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
With Valentines coming up, what better gift than a copy of #TheSpyWhoLoved?
Krystyna Skarbek aka Christine Granville loved adventure & adrenaline, she loved men - she had 2 husbands & many lovers, but most of all she loved freedom…
Show them you appreciate passion, courage & action!
🤍❤️📖📕📖❤️🤍
Krystyna Skarbek aka Christine Granville loved adventure & adrenaline, she loved men - she had 2 husbands & many lovers, but most of all she loved freedom…
Show them you appreciate passion, courage & action!
🤍❤️📖📕📖❤️🤍
Delighted to see my biography - #TheSpyWhoLoved - of the 1st woman to serve Britain as a special agent in #WW2, ie #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, mentioned in this @thetimes.com coverage of #MI6 chief #BlaiseMetreweli’s speech.
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Delighted to see my biography - #TheSpyWhoLoved - of the 1st woman to serve Britain as a special agent in #WW2, ie #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, mentioned in this @thetimes.com coverage of #MI6 chief #BlaiseMetreweli’s speech.
Nice early Christmas present to receive these copies of #SpiesInHistory for which I write on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville whose remarkable story I told in my bk #TheSpyWhoLoved.
These essays were first published in the excellent #EngelsbergIdeas
These essays were first published in the excellent #EngelsbergIdeas
December 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Nice early Christmas present to receive these copies of #SpiesInHistory for which I write on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville whose remarkable story I told in my bk #TheSpyWhoLoved.
These essays were first published in the excellent #EngelsbergIdeas
These essays were first published in the excellent #EngelsbergIdeas
Delighted to have been interviewed for the current issue of #Poland’s #Sieci magazine.
Headline is: #WomenInTheSpotlight - in this case #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved, & #ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo.
Headline is: #WomenInTheSpotlight - in this case #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved, & #ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo.
October 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Delighted to have been interviewed for the current issue of #Poland’s #Sieci magazine.
Headline is: #WomenInTheSpotlight - in this case #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved, & #ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo.
Headline is: #WomenInTheSpotlight - in this case #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved, & #ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo.
How fab are these murals designs for murals, hopefully to go on bldings in Poznań!
Created by design students, these 2 show #KrysrynaSkarkek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved, &
#ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo!
I LOVE these images, do you?
Created by design students, these 2 show #KrysrynaSkarkek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved, &
#ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo!
I LOVE these images, do you?
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
How fab are these murals designs for murals, hopefully to go on bldings in Poznań!
Created by design students, these 2 show #KrysrynaSkarkek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved, &
#ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo!
I LOVE these images, do you?
Created by design students, these 2 show #KrysrynaSkarkek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved, &
#ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo!
I LOVE these images, do you?
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September 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Great to see #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville highlighted on this Warsaw exhibition poster.
Shame they didn’t mention her securing the defection of an entire Nazi German garrison in the Alps! It’s all in my book, #TheSpyWhoLoved
Shame they didn’t mention her securing the defection of an entire Nazi German garrison in the Alps! It’s all in my book, #TheSpyWhoLoved
July 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Great to see #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville highlighted on this Warsaw exhibition poster.
Shame they didn’t mention her securing the defection of an entire Nazi German garrison in the Alps! It’s all in my book, #TheSpyWhoLoved
Shame they didn’t mention her securing the defection of an entire Nazi German garrison in the Alps! It’s all in my book, #TheSpyWhoLoved
#KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved.
#WW2 hero, secured the defection of a Nazi German garrison, smuggled vital intel across borders, saved lives. Murdered in London by a pathetic stalker #otd in 1952.
Gone but no longer forgotten.
#WW2 hero, secured the defection of a Nazi German garrison, smuggled vital intel across borders, saved lives. Murdered in London by a pathetic stalker #otd in 1952.
Gone but no longer forgotten.
June 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
#KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved.
#WW2 hero, secured the defection of a Nazi German garrison, smuggled vital intel across borders, saved lives. Murdered in London by a pathetic stalker #otd in 1952.
Gone but no longer forgotten.
#WW2 hero, secured the defection of a Nazi German garrison, smuggled vital intel across borders, saved lives. Murdered in London by a pathetic stalker #otd in 1952.
Gone but no longer forgotten.
- #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville - Britain’s 1st female special agent, served in 3 theatres, inc single-handed securing the defection of a German garrison in the Alps. Subject of my book #TheSpyWhoLoved
May 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
- #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville - Britain’s 1st female special agent, served in 3 theatres, inc single-handed securing the defection of a German garrison in the Alps. Subject of my book #TheSpyWhoLoved
#KrystynaSkarbek, aka #ChristineGranville, was #BOTD 1908. Her amazing true story is told in my book #TheSpyWhoLoved…
May 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#KrystynaSkarbek, aka #ChristineGranville, was #BOTD 1908. Her amazing true story is told in my book #TheSpyWhoLoved…
This is the ‘vanille’ pastry created in tribute to #ChristineGranville aka #KrystynaSkarbek subject of my book #TheSpyWhoLoved!
(She enjoyed cake at #ShepheardsHotel in #Cairo during the war, & loved clubs & glamour, so I think she’d have loved this!)
(She enjoyed cake at #ShepheardsHotel in #Cairo during the war, & loved clubs & glamour, so I think she’d have loved this!)
April 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is the ‘vanille’ pastry created in tribute to #ChristineGranville aka #KrystynaSkarbek subject of my book #TheSpyWhoLoved!
(She enjoyed cake at #ShepheardsHotel in #Cairo during the war, & loved clubs & glamour, so I think she’d have loved this!)
(She enjoyed cake at #ShepheardsHotel in #Cairo during the war, & loved clubs & glamour, so I think she’d have loved this!)
99p on #kindle today!
#KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved - on her own - secured the defection of an entire Nazi German garrison in the Alps… among much more…
#KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved - on her own - secured the defection of an entire Nazi German garrison in the Alps… among much more…
April 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
99p on #kindle today!
#KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved - on her own - secured the defection of an entire Nazi German garrison in the Alps… among much more…
#KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved - on her own - secured the defection of an entire Nazi German garrison in the Alps… among much more…
What better gift for #ValentinesDay than #TheSpyWhoLoved?
After #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville had single-handedly secured the defection of a Nazi German garrison in the Alps, she rescued 3 male #SOE colleagues inc, her lover, from execution…
Makes the ❤️ beat faster!
After #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville had single-handedly secured the defection of a Nazi German garrison in the Alps, she rescued 3 male #SOE colleagues inc, her lover, from execution…
Makes the ❤️ beat faster!
February 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
What better gift for #ValentinesDay than #TheSpyWhoLoved?
After #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville had single-handedly secured the defection of a Nazi German garrison in the Alps, she rescued 3 male #SOE colleagues inc, her lover, from execution…
Makes the ❤️ beat faster!
After #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville had single-handedly secured the defection of a Nazi German garrison in the Alps, she rescued 3 male #SOE colleagues inc, her lover, from execution…
Makes the ❤️ beat faster!
The wonderful #NationalPortraitGallery surprised me today… I went to give a talk about #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved, as they’d just hung her portrait….
January 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The wonderful #NationalPortraitGallery surprised me today… I went to give a talk about #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved, as they’d just hung her portrait….
Wonderful to be at the National Portrait Gallery ahead of my 1pm talk on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved.
The talk marks the gallery hanging the original photographic portrait of Skarbek donated by the family of #WilliamStanleyMoss following my introduction.
#historythreads
The talk marks the gallery hanging the original photographic portrait of Skarbek donated by the family of #WilliamStanleyMoss following my introduction.
#historythreads
January 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Wonderful to be at the National Portrait Gallery ahead of my 1pm talk on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved.
The talk marks the gallery hanging the original photographic portrait of Skarbek donated by the family of #WilliamStanleyMoss following my introduction.
#historythreads
The talk marks the gallery hanging the original photographic portrait of Skarbek donated by the family of #WilliamStanleyMoss following my introduction.
#historythreads
Great to be talking about the women of SOE on the @WeHaveWaysPod . In this 1st episode of 3, we focus on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved:
January 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Great to be talking about the women of SOE on the @WeHaveWaysPod . In this 1st episode of 3, we focus on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved:
Delighted to be hosted by the #RoyalYachtSquadton book club this evening, on the #IsleOfWight, to discuss #TheSpyWhoLoved, my biography of the first woman to serve Britain as a special agent in the #SecondWorldWar, #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville .
November 13, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Delighted to be hosted by the #RoyalYachtSquadton book club this evening, on the #IsleOfWight, to discuss #TheSpyWhoLoved, my biography of the first woman to serve Britain as a special agent in the #SecondWorldWar, #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville .
When you give a talk about #TheSpyWhoLoved at #YorkUniversity & it turns out you used to push one of the students on the swings 20 years ago!
Thanks to the @theyorkdu for inviting me up, & all who came along!
Thanks to the @theyorkdu for inviting me up, & all who came along!
October 19, 2024 at 8:31 AM
When you give a talk about #TheSpyWhoLoved at #YorkUniversity & it turns out you used to push one of the students on the swings 20 years ago!
Thanks to the @theyorkdu for inviting me up, & all who came along!
Thanks to the @theyorkdu for inviting me up, & all who came along!
Great to see #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGanville #TheSpyWhoLoved remembered in the current edition of the #NationalPortraitGallery magazine, following the donation of this original photograph of her by her goddaughter :)
October 13, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Great to see #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGanville #TheSpyWhoLoved remembered in the current edition of the #NationalPortraitGallery magazine, following the donation of this original photograph of her by her goddaughter :)
Really pleased with this piece on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved!
It marks the #NationalPortraitGallery displaying their new photo of her. I was delighted to introduce the generous donors, whose dad, #BillStanleyMoss, knew Krystyna in Cairo & London.
Can’t wait to see it up
It marks the #NationalPortraitGallery displaying their new photo of her. I was delighted to introduce the generous donors, whose dad, #BillStanleyMoss, knew Krystyna in Cairo & London.
Can’t wait to see it up
August 23, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Really pleased with this piece on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved!
It marks the #NationalPortraitGallery displaying their new photo of her. I was delighted to introduce the generous donors, whose dad, #BillStanleyMoss, knew Krystyna in Cairo & London.
Can’t wait to see it up
It marks the #NationalPortraitGallery displaying their new photo of her. I was delighted to introduce the generous donors, whose dad, #BillStanleyMoss, knew Krystyna in Cairo & London.
Can’t wait to see it up