Tessa Dunlop
Tessa Dunlop | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Pitlochry High School |
| Alma mater | St Hilda's College, Oxford University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, author, television presenter |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Website | http://tessadunlop.com/ |
Dr Tessa Dunlop is a historian, writer and broadcaster. She has written several best selling oral history books and presented history programmes for the BBC, Discovery Channel Europe, Channel 4, UKTV History and the History Channel (US). She lives in south London.
Education
Dunlop attended Strathallan School[citation needed] and read history at St Hilda's College, Oxford University, where she won the 1995 Gertrude Easton Prize for History.[1] She also studied at Sheffield Hallam University and was awarded an MA in Imperialism and Culture and a PhD in Romanian-British history and royal imaging.[2]
Career
After graduating, Dunlop worked for both London radio station LBC and BBC London 94.9.[3]
She was named Regional Television Personality in the Royal Television Society's West of England Awards in 2005 for her work on the regional magazine show Inside Out West.[4] In 2007 Dunlop filmed Paranormal Egypt, an eight-part series with Derek Acorah on location in Egypt.
Publications
She has written for several British newspaper publications and websites including Mailplus, The Guardian, The Independent, The Mail on Sunday and Scottish broadsheet The Herald.[5]
Dunlop's first book, To Romania with Love, a memoir set in post-revolution Romania about how she met her future husband, was published in May 2012.[6] Several further history books written by her have been published - most recently Army Girls. [7]
- Tessa Dunlop (2021) Army Girls: The secrets and stories of military service from the final few women who fought in World War II. London, Headline Press, ISBN 978-1472282095.
- Tessa Dunlop (2018). The Century Girls: The Final Word from the Women Who've Lived the Past Hundred Years of British History. London: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1471161322.
- Tessa Dunlop (2015). The Bletchley Girls: War, secrecy, love and loss: the women of Bletchley Park tell their story. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1444795714.
- Tessa Dunlop (2012). To Romania With Love. London: Quartet Books. ISBN 978-0704372573.
Listeria
Dunlop has spoken of the death of her unborn IVF child due to listeriosis and as to how difficult it is to avoid Listeria bacteria in foods. She advised that heating food immediately before eating it destroys the bacterium, giving her more peace of mind during a later pregnancy.[8]
References
- ^ "Colleges, Halls and Societies". Oxford University Gazette No. 4367. University of Oxford. 8 June 1995.
- ^ "Tessa Dunlop". BBC2 Coast. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Tessa Dunlop comes back to BBC London 94.9FM". BBC. 22 March 2002.
- ^ "West of England Awards 2005". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ "Official Website". Tessa Dunlop. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ Dunlop, Tessa (2012). To Romania with Love. Quartet Books. p. 312. ISBN 978-0704372573.
- ^ Dunlop, Tessa (9 January 2022). "Army Girls". Headline. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ BBC Breakfast, 8 June 2019