Spying
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work
Spilling the beans on the great spymasters
Fantasy is an essential part of what we are pleased to call reality
Is the age of the Secret Service over?
Intelligence was more important than the individuals who risked their lives providing it
Espionage and the presumption of innocence
Even alleged Chinese spies are innocent till proven guilty
A lie amid history
Will your interpretation of history be more interesting than the real thing?
Passed-by spies
Spy show depicts the insecurity service
A spy for all seasons
Who is the man behind “The IPCRESS File”?
A spy all along
Morton Sobell went on trial for espionage with the Rosenbergs. His devotion to communism fascinated me
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
Hot desking
We, the special advisers of the Labour Party, seek justice!
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
