Vatican War News Today

A Japanese foreign minister met Pope Pius XII and his secretary of state during World War II to seek mediation in a desperate bid to avert war with the United States, eight months before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Vatican documents recently seen by Kyodo News show.

A woman has released a novel about the covert life of her mother, a WW2 codebreaker from Tooting. First-time-author, Jan Slimming, is currently based in Atlanta, USA, but has lived in various London locations – including Wimbledon, Raynes Park, Esher, Mitcham and Chelsea. Her first novel has taken eight years to research and is the true story of the undercover life of her mother, Daisy Lawrence, a former Bletchley Park Codebreaker. Daisy lived in Kenlor Road, SW17 until after the war ...

A woman has released a novel about the covert life of her mother, a WW2 codebreaker from Tooting. First-time-author, Jan Slimming, is currently based in Atlanta, USA, but has lived in various London locations – including Wimbledon, Raynes Park, Esher, Mitcham and Chelsea. Her first novel has taken eight years to research and is the true story of the undercover life of her mother, Daisy Lawrence, a former Bletchley Park Codebreaker. Daisy lived in Kenlor Road, SW17 until after the war ...