Afternoon tea launched at grand Nottinghamshire country house with links to MI6 Woodborough Hall is more than 400 years old and is steeped in history but afternoon tea is a stylish, contemporary affair Nottingham Post · Jan 16, 2023
UK ‘reviewing support for Iran nuclear deal’ after execution of Alireza Akbari Alireza Akbari, who was allegedly tortured to force a confession, was executed on Saturday following accusations that he was an MI6 spy Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2023
Where was James Bond when Saddam invaded Kuwait in 1990? After the end of the Cold War, the future of our spy services looked in doubt The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2023
Alireza Akbari’s grim fate seen as signal from Iran’s hardliners Whether Iranian intelligence services genuinely believed Akbari was a spy is up for debate The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2023
Iran executes British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari accused of spying UK prime minister Rishi Sunak says execution was a ‘callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2023
Rishi Sunak calls Iran's 'barbaric' execution of Brit national 'callous and cowardly' The execution of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari on trumped up charges of corruption and espionage came after Foreign Secretary James Cleverly appealed to the Iranian regime not to proceed Daily Mirror · Jan 14, 2023
Alireza Akbari execution: Brit accused of MI6 spying put to death in Iran, says state TV Alireza Akbari, who served as deputy defence minister during the tenure of former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami, was arrested sometime between 2019 and 2020 Daily Mirror · Jan 14, 2023
British-Iranian man appears in heavily edited confession aired on Iranian TV Alireza Akbari, who was sentenced to death for allegedly spying for MI6, gave reports on Iran’s nuclear programme, he says in TV interview The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2023
The MI6 and MI5 jobs currently available – including those in Manchester James Bond’s employer is looking to fill a variety of job roles across the country in a broad range of departments Manchester Evening News · Jan 12, 2023
UK urges Iran to halt execution of British-Iranian man accused of spying for MI6 Iranian ex-deputy defence minister Alireza Akbari is accused of spying for the UK The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023
Treason review: For a show about intelligence, this Netflix spy saga is sadly lacking any Charlie Cox fails to deliver as a high-flying MI6 operative The Independent UK · Dec 26, 2022
Betwixmas television: The best TV series to binge between Christmas and New Year’s Eve The most bingeworthy boxsets to unwrap this Christmas Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2022
Treason on Netflix review: this breathless thriller lacks bite Olga Kurylenko shines in this pertinent tale of politics and Russian spies Evening Standard · Dec 22, 2022
Every Pierce Brosnan James Bond movie ranked, from worst to best TechRadar runs the rule over Pierce Brosnan's mixed four-movie stint at MI6. TechRadar · Dec 21, 2022
Liverpool Echo · Dec 13, 2022 Treason on Netflix – release date, cast and everything you need to know The new suspenseful spy thriller stars Charlie Cox and Olga Kurylenko
Daily Mirror · Dec 13, 2022 MPs hit out at spy chiefs - and warn them about posting on social media The Intelligence and Security Committee urged bosses not to become distracted by giving media interviews and posting online, as the parliamentary body delivered its annual report
Manchester Evening News · Dec 12, 2022 Treason on Netflix – release date, cast and everything you need to know Charlie Cox stars in Netflix’s suspenseful new spy thriller
The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022 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 · Dec 8, 2022 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 · Dec 8, 2022 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 Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022 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
Wales Online · Dec 5, 2022 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
Daily Mirror · Dec 3, 2022 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 Record · Nov 28, 2022 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.
Wales Online · Nov 28, 2022 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