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The fall and rise of fascism

13 January 2026 By Catherine Hokin

Catherine Hokin, author of The Girl Who Told the Truth, reflects on the rise and fall of Oswald Mosley’s fascist movement in England, how fascism continued after the end of the Second World War, and the lessons history can teach us. “Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” That quote from […]

The Girl Who Told The Truth by Catherine Hokin

13 January 2026 By Editor

It’s London in 1941, and the war has already taken everything from Annie. Her sweetheart, Harry, returned from the front with broken limbs and grief-stricken eyes, and her father betrayed his family by joining the Nazis. But with each new day at her desk in the War Office, a flame burns inside her to right […]

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