Secret Agents and Secret Codes: The Polish Factor in WWII will illuminate Churchill’s favourite female secret agent, Krystyna Skarbek, a.k.a. Christine Granville, and the Enigma code’s breaking.
Event highlighting the story of Churchill’s favourite female secret agent, who was known by her British secret agent name Christine Granville and was said to be the inspiration for Bond writer Ian Flemings’ creation of Vesper Lynd. The event will comprise several talks by Krystyna Skarbek’s award-winning biographer Clare Mulley The Spy Who Loved: the Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville, Britain’s First Special Agent of WW II (Pan 2013); artist Ian Wolter who sculpted the bust of Krystyna Skarbek; code breaking experts Dr Tim Flack, Hal Evans and Alex Maund doing practical demonstrations of the cyclometer and bomba machines along with the premiere of two short films about the Polish contribution to the breaking of the Enigma code produced by the Polish Cultural Institute, as well as insights by Anna Pawlikowska, Aniela Pawlikowska’s daughter-in-law about Skarbek’s portrait.
The event will be led by Marek Mrozek, Vice-Chairman of the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum.
This event is a part of the Anglo-Polish Cultural Exchange Festival.
WHEN: Ognisko Polskie – The Polish Hearth 55 Princes Gate Exhibition Road London SW7 2PN
WHERE: Fri, 21 October 2022, 19:00 – 22:00 BST
TICKETS: £10 (£ for Ognisko members) to buy here.
