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The show explores Kim Philby’s defection from MI6 to the Soviet Union in the 1960s
John le Carré is hotter than ever — but, boy, did he leave me cold
The double-agent’s granddaughter, Charlotte Philby, on the correspondence of a man who betrayed his country but cared deeply about the family he left behind
Ben Brown talks about his new play, which imagines what was said when Graham Greene had dinner with Kim Philby in 1987
Whitehall feared former spy would discuss how the security service listened in on British Communist party’s HQ
Phillip Knightley, journalist, 1929-2016
Archives detail paralysis in British government’s dealings with traitors
Fresh light shed on infiltration of UK intelligence — and officials’ determination not to believe it
An attempt to describe a friendship fuelled by espionage, charm and old school tie
For decades Rupert Murdoch’s empire has been courted and feared by politicians. Now it may be unravelling
Britain’s real edge is not in ‘humint’ – spies – but ‘sigint’, writes Max Hastings
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