This is a Short History of the Female Spies of World War Two. Written by Lindsay Galvin. With thanks to Clare Mulley, award-winning historian and broadcaster, and author of The Spy Who Loved.

Emma Colburn flattened herself to the gym floor and shimmied her way under a web of red strings. What looked like a game was actually Spy Academy — and Colburn, already a seasoned intelligence agent ...

Stoic Vera Atkins was determined to build a network of female agents, Virginia Hall made a daring escape from France, Mathilde Carré was a treacherous double agent, Noor Inayat Khan was a Muslim ...