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Extreme times: polarised politics and what we can learn from the past

Compelling new ITVX drama A Spy Among Friends explores the real-life private and public fallout that ensues when MI6 agent Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis) discovers his decades-long colleague and friend Kim Philby (Guy Pearce) is a communist double-agent, radicalised at university and recruited by the KGB to spill top-level secrets.…

The Independent UK

From dead drops to laser-spying: tradecraft through the decades

New ITVX drama A Spy Among Friends explores the incredible story of two real-life MI6 spies – Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis) and Kim Philby (Guy Pearce) – whose decades-long friendship fell apart when Philby was revealed to be a treacherous double agent, spilling secrets to the KGB. Here historian Guy…

The Independent UK

Telling the tale of two spies: Ben Macintyre and Alexander Cary Q&A

ITVX drama A Spy Among Friends, starring Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis, throws new light on the Kim Philby affair via his friendship with (and brutal betrayal of) fellow MI6 agent Nicholas Elliott. Here writer Adam Smith talks to executive producer Alexander Carey and author Ben Macintyre (whose book the…

The Independent UK

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A Spy Among Friends review – don’t take your eyes off this star-packed espionage thriller

Guy Pearce is a charismatic traitor, Damian Lewis is an enigma and Anna Maxwell Martin carries along a fabulous drama that’s full of excitement – if a tad stuffy

The Guardian - UK

MI5 error reveals Churchill was in on 'Valkyrie' plot to kill Hitler

Top secret wartime files mistakenly placed on the internet during the pandemic covered the attempt by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg to blow up Nazi dictator

Wales Online

MI5 file 'bungle' during Covid revealed Churchill in on 'Valkyrie' plot to kill Hitler

Spooks dumped piles of top secret wartime files on the internet during pandemic lockdowns covering the attempt by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg to blow up the dictator

Daily Mirror

Jagtar's family concerned over new bill to give effective criminal immunity for ‘enabling torture overseas'

Jagtar has been imprisoned in India for over five years after being accused of helping to fund a Sikh-on-Hindu assassination plot, which his family strongly denies.

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Russian sleeper agents have infiltrated UK, warns ex-MI6 operative

The spies are reportedly primed to kill on the command of Russian President Vladimir Putin

Wales Online

Putin has 1,000 spies in Britain hiding behind normal jobs from teachers to baristas

Russia's spies, handled by SVR, the Kremlin’s version of MI6, have even infiltrated high levels of government, experts say. Calls are being made for the public to be warned of the insider threat

Daily Mirror

The intriguing and heart-warming story of the isolated mountain railway cottage almost lost forever

From a musical icon to a double-agent spy to a characterful couple whose ashes were scattered at the site - this remote cottage has welcomed them all to its amazing story that almost ended in dereliction

Wales Online

Foreign Secretary must fight for Jagtar Singh Johal's freedom over trade deal, MP says

THE UK Foreign Secretary must declare a Scot who was jailed in India five years ago is being unlawfully detained and pledge to prioritise his…

The National (Scotland)

Ratcliffe criticises Government for taking ‘long time’ over jailed Sikh blogger

Jagtar Singh Johal from Dumbarton was in Punjab in northern India for his wedding in 2017 when his family say he was bundled into an unmarked car.

The Independent UK

Recruitment of UK spies no longer restricted to those with British parents

UK intelligence agencies to broaden pool of talent by accepting anyone with British citizenship

The Guardian - UK

Damian Lewis on grief, espionage and his new musical ambitions: ‘When someone dies prematurely, you’re left careering in a different direction’

They were the golden couple of British acting, but Helen McCrory’s death last year left her husband shattered. Now he is putting the pieces of himself back together – and finding a new creative energy

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Zenger

Putin Could Be Replaced By More Extreme Leader, Warns Former UK Spy Chief

The former head of Britain's MI6 recently said Russian President Vladimir Putin could be replaced by someone more extreme

The Conversation

'Killer robots' will be nothing like the movies show – here's where the real threats lie

You might suppose Hollywood is good at predicting the future. Indeed, Robert Wallace, head of the CIA’s Office of Technical Service and the US equivalent of MI6’s fictional Q, has recounted how Russian spies would watch the latest Bond movie to see what technologies might be coming their way.

Evening Standard

New Cold War papers show just how far Britain has come on LGBT issues

Today MI5 is releasing a massive number of its historical files into the National Archives at Kew. Among them are papers telling for the first time the inside story of its investigation of John Vassall — the notorious KGB spy in the Admiralty until his arrest in 1962.

The Independent UK

UK spy chief says China's tech aims are a 'threat to us all'

The head of Britain’s cyber-intelligence agency is accusing China of using its economic and technological clout to clamp down at home and exert control abroad

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Daily Mirror

What happened to Gareth Williams? Mysterious death of 'brilliant' MI6 agent found in bag

M16 agent Gareth Williams was found dead in a bag inside his flat in 2010. Here's everything we know about Gareth Williams' life, his mysterious death and revelations from the inquest as Channel 5 documentary The Body In The Bag airs

Wales Online

Welsh spy whose body was found in a bag was killed by the Kremlin, claims ex MP

The death of Gareth Williams has remained a mystery ever since the spy's body was found naked in a bag padlocked from the outside

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: the secret British plan to keep Italy’s communists from power

Newly declassified files expose the Foreign Office’s dirty tricks campaign to influence the knife-edge 1976 election result

The Independent UK

‘Speculating about Bond is a national hobby’: Why 007’s fate is now in Kim Sherwood’s hands

With her electrifying new thriller ‘Double or Nothing’, the 33-year-old becomes the first female author to pick up Ian Fleming’s mantle. She talks to Kevin E G Perry about Britishness, the power of myth, and test-driving sports cars

Daily Mirror

Full extent of security for Queen's coffin procession as snipers spotted with huge guns

A ring of steel has been formed outside the Palace of Holyroodhouse and St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh as the Queen's oak coffin arrives in the Scottish capital

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson accused of intelligence tipoff that led to British Sikh’s alleged torture in India

Labour raises questions in the Commons over Johnson’s alleged actions as foreign secretary in the case of activist Jagtar Singh Johal

The Independent UK

Minister silent on claims spy agencies’ information led to abduction of Sikh

Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, was in Punjab in northern India for his wedding in 2017 when his family say he was arrested.

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