Seeking Mea Allan - Felicity Goodall
Fielden Hall, Todmorden, OL14 7DD
Saturday 7th November 2026 2:00PM
War correspondent Mea Allan worked for the Glasgow Herald throughout WW2. An accredited journalist serving with the British Forces, she was the only woman to report on Belsen in 1945.
The first woman news editor in Fleet Street and a novelist, she was once so famous her name was used to advertise Horlicks - yet her story is almost forgotten. Seeking Mea Allan, the first biography from Radio 4 broadcaster and writer Felicity Goodall, aims to change that. Goodall was inspired to look further into her fascinating life after reading archive letters Allan wrote in 1940 during the London Blitz.
Seeking Mea Allan interweaves past and present as we travel from London to Glasgow, from Paris to Hamburg and beyond, to answer the questions that still linger: was Mea written out of history because of her sexuality? Or was something more subtle at work?
The first woman news editor in Fleet Street and a novelist, she was once so famous her name was used to advertise Horlicks - yet her story is almost forgotten. Seeking Mea Allan, the first biography from Radio 4 broadcaster and writer Felicity Goodall, aims to change that. Goodall was inspired to look further into her fascinating life after reading archive letters Allan wrote in 1940 during the London Blitz.
Seeking Mea Allan interweaves past and present as we travel from London to Glasgow, from Paris to Hamburg and beyond, to answer the questions that still linger: was Mea written out of history because of her sexuality? Or was something more subtle at work?
Event Details
Doors Open at 1:30PM
From 2:00PM to 3:30PM
