Raiders of the Lost Archive3 Sep 2025

The real Mitford Sisters - Nancy 2

We’re the MITFORD Podcast, because we’ll tell you everything about the REAL Mitford sisters!

We started last week with sister number 1, Nancy, and told you everything about how she was raised (unusually is a good word here), how she got into writing, and of course everything about Hamish, the man who she called the love of her life.

In today’s episode, we jump right back into her life after the breakup with Hamish. You’ll hear everything about Peter Rodd, the man she married, the next phase of her literary career and her marital problems (and both is connected!). And you’ll hear about how Nancy went to France to help the refugees from the SPanish Civil War and how that changed her life, her political views, and her relationship to her fascist sisters. - Nancy wasn’t one for appeasement!

Pop in your headphones and put on a metaphorical seatbelt; there’s plenty of drama and scandals coming your way (and a lot more world history as well, as a collateral) from your Raiders of the Lost Archive 😃

Chapters:

0:00:00 Intro & recap of Nancy part 1

0:01:16 Nancy’s rebound - Peter Rodd

0:10:25 Nancy’s support for Diana

0:15:00 Digression: the British Fascist Union and the suffragettes

0:21:23 Nancy, Wigs on the Green, and the rift with Diana

0:28:19 Marital problems & the eloping Decca (& cousin Winston)

0:41:25 The first miscarriage & diving into work

0:45:39 The Raider’s Mission Moment - Women + Health

0:46:45 The Spanish Civil War - helping the refugees

0:53:59 Nancy calling out her fascist sisters

0:55:00 Digression: Appeasement politics and Declaration of War

1:03:13 Wrap & Outro

#mitford #mitfordsisters #outrageous #highsociety

#UKhistory #womenhistory #wwii #fascism

#women #herstory #highsociety

#downtonabbey #bridgerton #sexeducation

#britbox #uktv

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