‘Who, quite frankly, could resist a memoir where the schoolgirl narrator’s friend breathlessly reveals that ‘two teachers and the colonel all sleep together in one big bed’, only to be slapped down: “Grace, you shouldn’t spread rumours. It’s bad for the war effort.”‘

The Spectator reviews Slideshow: Memories of a Wartime Childhood by Marjorie Ann Watts. Get your copy of the book here today!