Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Le Carré

The Secret Life of John le Carré by Adam Sisman review – the constant philanderer

Three years after le Carré’s death, his official biographer reveals the adultery that was off limits during his lifetime. Does it further our appreciation of his work?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

The Secret Life of John le Carré by Adam Sisman review – the spy who loved me

A chronicle of the author’s many affairs unable to be published during his lifetime

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023

The Pigeon Tunnel review – inside the extraordinary life of John le Carré

Errol Morris’s gentle interview allows the mesmeric writer to hold forth on how his relationship with dodgy dad Ronnie informed his life as a spy and novelist

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2023

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Top 10 female spies in fiction

Women’s role in espionage, largely written by women, leans less on explosions and more on perception, nuance and explorations of sacrifice – though they still kick ass

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2023

Robert Gottlieb obituary

American editor who worked with many celebrated authors including Anthony Burgess, Doris Lessing and Joseph Heller

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023

'The wilderness of mirrors': 70 years since the first James Bond book, spy stories are still blurring fact and fiction

The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.

The Conversation · Apr 12, 2023

Thrilled by The Night Agent? Watch these 7 spy shows while we wait for season 2

Looking for more thriller shows like The Night Agent? Check out these seven suspense-filled TV series next.

TechRadar · Apr 1, 2023

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

A Private Spy audiobook review – the letters of John le Carré

David Harewood and Florence Pugh narrate this incisive collection, edited by the author’s son

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2023

Second John le Carré biography to reveal secrets held back while author was alive

The Secret Life of John le Carré by Adam Sisman, who published an authorised biography in 2015, promises ‘a hidden life of secrecy, passion and betrayal’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023

Bad Sex Award cancelled, but John Le Carré’s still a winner

Judges say a tell-all memoir about the spy writer would have won this year

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2022

Slow Horses season 4 has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes since its Apple TV Plus debut – here are 6 more intrigue-packed thrillers

While you wait for episode 2 of Slow Horses season 4 to be released on September 11, we've got six thrillers to tide you over.

TechRadar · Oct 30, 2022

A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré 1945-2020 review – missives accomplished

An extraordinary collection of his letters reveals the secretive spy novelist’s loves and laments

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2022

A Private Spy, edited by Tim Cornwell; The Secret Heart by Suleika Dawson review – John le Carré laid bare

An enjoyable collection of le Carré’s letters reveals a tetchy but warm man who strove to keep his books topical, while a former lover’s memoir leaves little unsaid

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022

‘Each envelope was a treasure’: how I became le Carré’s friend and reader

We communicated by hand-delivered letters, occasionally accompanied by a manuscript

The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2022

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2022

On my radar: Meg Mason’s cultural highlights

The writer on motherhood and Marguerite Duras, the euphoria of Florence + the Machine and a brilliant Le Carré redux

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2022

First editions annotated by Le Carré and Mantel to be auctioned

Other writers who have added handwritten thoughts for sale in support of English PEN include Ian McEwan and Margaret Atwood

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2022

All the Old Knives review – Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton add class to CIA spy drama

Pine and Newton play former lovers in this watchable Le Carré-esque tale of personal and patriotic betrayals

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2022

I’m thrilled we’ll get to read John le Carré’s letters – but what can this dying art reveal?

We like to think private correspondence reveals all, but the truth is a lot more complicated

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2022

‘We are back in his company’: le Carré returns in a revealing collection of private letters

The author airs his views in posthumously published exchanges with family, friends and celebrity fans

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022

Letters of John le Carré to be published in November

A book coming out this fall will show readers a more personal side of the late John le Carré

1 2 3

Coverage From

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.