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Call the Midwife reveals Blitz prequel — plus there's a movie on the way, too!

Our Call the Midwife favourites are heading to the big screen!

WhatToWatch

Call The Midwife film and Second World War prequel series announced

The TV series will be set amid the backdrop of the Blitz and the film will be set overseas in 1972.

Evening Standard

Netflix adds new World War Two doc about Britain's darkest days — and it includes first-hand accounts

The Blitz killed over 43,500 civilians

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Blitz survivor who joined Wrens aged 18 recalls efforts to defeat Nazi Germany

Dorothea Barron, 100, said she swapped her school uniform for a naval uniform in 1943, despite being below the 5ft 3in minimum height.

The Independent UK

Chess: jeans-clad Carlsen defies critics to share Blitz with Nepomniachtchi

The world No 1 withdrew from the World Rapid then came back for the Blitz, where he shared the title when Fide agreed to stop play after three games of a shootout

The Guardian - UK

Magnus Carlsen Returns To World Blitz Championship After Dress Code Dispute

Magnus Carlsen's clash with FIDE over dress code at World Rapid Chess Championship, leading to his withdrawal but eventual return for Blitz competition.

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Chess: Carlsen disqualified in New York after refusing to change out of jeans

The world No 1 was defaulted from the World Rapid Championship and has withdrawn from the World Blitz

The Guardian - UK

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One of my favorite Apple TV Plus movies of 2024 is now streaming — watch this thrilling war drama now

"Blitz" has finally landed on Apple TV Plus — and this awards-hopeful is one of the streaming service's strongest original movies of 2024.

Tom’s Guide

11 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime Video and more (Nov. 22-24)

'Outlander,' 'Blitz' and 'Cruel Intentions' lead our weekend watch list.

Tom’s Guide

Saoirse Ronan praises 'truly special' Paul Weller

Saoirse Ronan thinks Paul Weller is a "truly special person" and loved working with him on 'Blitz'.

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In ‘Blitz,’ Steve McQueen shows wartime London through a child’s eyes

It was a single photograph that started Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen on the journey to make “Blitz.”

The Independent UK

St Paul's Cathedral launches appeal as it prepares to mark 80th anniversary of end of Second World War

It wants to hear from anyone who was involved in helping protect the Cathedral during the Blitz

Evening Standard

Blitz review: a star-making turn for its young lead but questionable accents will raise eyebrows

Blitz rushes you through 1940s London and could leave you wanting more, but it does have a great performance.

WhatToWatch

Blitz review: Steve McQueen’s wartime drama is a monumental achievement in British cinema

The British filmmaker behind ‘12 Years a Slave’ and ‘Shame’ has returned with a terrifying, expressionist masterpiece starring Saoirse Ronan and newcomer Elliott Heffernan

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Blitz at London Film Festival review: Saoirse Ronan shines in journey through war-ravaged London

This is not Steve McQueen’s finest film, but it’s streets ahead of wartime schmaltz like Darkest Hour

The Guardian - UK

‘I wasn’t interested in Churchill’: Steve McQueen on the ‘ordinary people’ in his film Blitz

Director’s second world war feature is a grimy, chaotic look at Londoners navigating their way through hell

AAP

NBL expansion on cards as Blitz returns to Gold Coast

The NBL Blitz pre-season tournament is headed back to the Gold Coast in September as league officials consider whether the city should host an expansion team.

Evening Standard

Steve McQueen's Blitz to open the 68th BFI London Film Festival with world premiere

Blitz’s world premiere marks a return to the LFF by McQueen, who has opened the festival twice before with Widows in 2018 and Mangrove in 2020

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Evening Standard

The life of Stephen Linard — Blitz Kid fashion designer who made clothes David Bowie and Boy George sought after

A flamboyant Canvey Island boy who went on to shape the Blitz Kids silhouette in the 1980s — David Johnson recalls the life of fashion designer Stephen Linard

Daily Mirror

Inside secret vaults hidden under historic UK city which are up for sale for first time

Hidden beneath a solicitor's chambers, Hull's secret vaults have a fascinating history and were used to house people escaping the Blitz during the Second World War

Evening Standard

Duke of Windsor may have helped Nazis bomb Buckingham Palace, historian claims

The Duke of Windsor may have aided the Nazis drive to obliterate Buckingham Palace with bombs during the Blitz, a leading royal historian has claimed.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: The end of Russia’s invasion and Ukraine’s suffering looks to be years away

The Blitz didn’t break British spirit, bombing Germany didn’t break German spirit, Russia’s missiles haven’t weakened Ukraine’s.

Wales Online

People don't know who won WWII, what started it and who was UK PM

40% of people don't know what the Blitz was. 30% are unaware a nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima

Liverpool Echo

Striking building thousands pass each day could be demolished

The site was once home to terraced housing that was bombed during the Blitz

Evening Standard

Rotherhithe’s ‘leaning tower’: strange, solitary house on the Thames to go up for auction next month

The house was once part of a row of buildings along the river which were destroyed during the Blitz and demolished by the council.

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