An Evening with Victoria Walsh - Book talk on The Story of Rena Stewart: Bletchley Park Girl from Fife, translator of Hitler's will, and BBC pioneer

Rena Stewart was born in Lundin Links in 1923 and knew from the start that she wanted to go places! Having studied French and German at St Andrews university in the early years of WW2, she decided to volunteer for war service. Her languages got her selected for Bletchley Park, where she worked on secret German messages. After the war, Rena was sent to Germany with the Intelligence Corps, where (among other things) she was given a top-secret mission: to translate Hitler's will. From Germany, she went on to become a pioneering BBC journalist. She worked her way up from the bottom, 'conquering' workplace sexism, to become the first female leader in the World Service newsroom. Rena lived life to its fullest, still teaching Scottish dancing aged 90, and died, aged 100, in November 2023.  Victoria Walsh, the author of Rena's biography, will be talking about this wonderful woman at Waterstones Kirkaldy on Saturday 12 July. Come and hear about Rena's life, and also the dramatic story of Hitler's wills - as yet not known to the public. Victoria hopes to make Fife proud of Rena!