Kate Adie (2) (1) - Axminster Guildhall

Kate Adie – Women on the Homefront at Axminster Guildhall


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This talk, by renowned journalist and war correspondent Kate Adie CBE, is part of Axminster Heritage Centre’s commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

The event will begin at 7:00pm with songs from the 1940s by local vocalist, Jay Hobday followed by ‘Women on the Home Front – the Second World War’ with Kate Adie CBE.

Kate Adie grew up in Sunderland, and joined BBC Radio Durham after leaving Newcastle University, where she read Swedish. As BBC Chief News Correspondent she covered major stories, including both Gulf Wars, the SAS storming of the Iranian Embassy and the Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing.

She now lives in Dorset and presents Radio 4’s “From Our Own Correspondent”.


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