"Children will always find a way to be children, no matter what the circumstances"

When the Second World War began, there were 10 million children living in Britain. Many were evacuated to the countryside, but others stayed behind and witnessed the Blitz close-up in cities around the UK.

In this episode, Rebecca Rideal speaks to bestselling authors Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi about VE Day, WWII and their new book, Blitz Kids: True Stories from the Children of Wartime Britain (out now).