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Stella Rimington has died, aged 90. Her spy novels, written from her secret service experience, provide fascinating insights into a clandestine world.
A fellow journalist and academic researcher in the UK’s cold-war propaganda efforts describes his experience meeting the late bestselling author.
The history of spying shows that many agencies have experimented with using animals for undercover work to gather information.
Who is a spy and what does that mean? An expert explains
John le Carré and Ian Fleming, the world’s most famous spy novelists, share experience in UK intelligence and difficult childhoods. But their heroes, George Smiley and James Bond, are very different.
Regular intelligence briefings for the public’s consumption have been a feature of the war in Ukraine.
The Horn of Africa is the epicentre of foreign military activity. Foreign troops have been deployed to support peace initiatives, subdue terror groups and support foreign security initiatives.
The former boss of British intelligence has lashed out at spy novelist John le Carré. The novelist is rather pleased.
With its first ever recruitment advert, MI6 is reaching out to women and minority groups. But like their fictional counterparts, will they still end up doing desk work?
Letters of apology are welcome but where is the official inquiry into claims of ill-treatment and rendition by Britain’s spies?
Far from grasping at Cold War certainties, Le Carré’s Smiley embraces the changing role of the British spy.
UK diplomats are thoroughly briefed on the pitfalls that could trap them on overseas service.
Do these tumultuous times also mean the end of Bond as we know it?
Look back centuries ago and you’ll find the same obsessive secrecy, and the same justifications, as seen today.
For art to imitate life is understandable, but politics inspired by films can be a recipe for disaster.
The UK’s last inmate at Guantanamo Bay has finally been brought home – but the matter of Britain’s role in the War on Terror is by no means resolved.
New papers shed light on the aftermath of the dramatic flight of two of the notorious ‘Cambridge Spies’.
Two decades ago, MI5’s archives were surrounded by secrecy like that of the royal archives. There’s a reason this has changed.
Whether the story is true or not, we’ve seen that old threats still give intelligence agencies the jitters, even in the digital age.
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Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, University of Salford
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Lecturer in Strategy and Defence, University of Exeter
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Senior Research Fellow, RAND Europe; Middlesex University
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Assistant Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Oklahoma
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Reader in Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University of London
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Lecturer in American Studies, University of Hull
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Technology & Society, Bangor University
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Assistant Professor in Political Science, Lund University
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Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Reader in Intelligence Studies and International Security, King's College London
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Assistant Professor of Intelligence and Security, Leiden University
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Professor of Intelligence and National Security & Dean of Faculty, University of Hull