Keely Winstone

Keely Winstone is a journalist (FT, Guardian, Independent), dramatist and documentary film-maker specialising in recent history. Her plays include Mrs Assad and Me about the British wife of the Syrian President (Royal Court, Orange Tree) and The Sex Lives of Others, an Edinburgh Fringe sell-out (‘Sharp and well-observed,’ Scotsman). Her historical films cover topics including the British Army’s Brigade of Gurkhas’ attempts to climb Everest and the D-Day landings (My D-Day, Amazon Prime). She is currently working on a film about Mountbatten (Channel 5) and a BBC Sounds narrative podcast about the racehorse Shergar.