A clarification, since Telegraph has concocted a "sexism row" from my feature + this piece.

Peggy *is* shown onscreen as inexperienced & literally bumbling.
I'm not having a dig () at author or film, just pointing out how impressive she really was.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/netflix-drama-fails-to-dig-out-the-ancient-truth-of-sutton-hoo-728srdndr https://twitter.com/TimesFilm/status/1355458626882830336

Both @preshitorian and I quoted here https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/netflix-drama-fails-to-dig-out-the-ancient-truth-of-sutton-hoo-728srdndr

I'll be talking more about this with @hugorifkind on @TimesRadio at about 12.30

And this was me tweeting from @trowelblazers last night on this subject. https://twitter.com/trowelblazers/status/1355268306115186690

If you REALLY want to delve into the 1930s world of #TheDig in the words of those who lived it, you could do worse than read this incredibly fascinating PhD by Julia Roberts, who interviewed Peggy & Stuart Piggott in the 1990s
(pdf)
https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/files/2267122/J._Roberts_2005_1910411.pdf