This episode looks at the book The Illegal by Gordon Corera which you can buy here: https://amzn.to/2F7IlVK

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Our special episode about the recent Novichok attack on a Russian aeroplane against Alexei Navalny. More here on the blog: https://spiesoflondon.com/spies-articles/alexei-navalny-poisoning

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Coming soon: Gordon Lonsdale...

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A look ahead to our special episode about the recent Novichok attack on a Russian aeroplane against Navalny. More here on the blog: https://spiesoflondon.com/spies-articles/alexei-navalny-poisoning

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My review of a surprise find, A Game of Moles by Desmond Bristow. This is an account of a serving MI6 officer's friendship with Kim Philby and Tommy Harris. Both men are well-known to spy fans and historians, but Bristow is not. A fascinating account awaits.

My review of a surprise find, A Game of Moles by Desmond Bristow. This is an account of a serving MI6 officer's friendship with Kim Philby and Tommy Harris. Both men are well-known to spy fans and historians, but Bristow is not. A fascinating account awaits.

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We have a number of spy books to read this autumn. Starting with A Game of Moles by Desmond and Bill Bristow, plus The Secret Life of Bletchley Park, A Spy Named Orphan and Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond. Can't wait!

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We start at either Artillery Mansions on Caxton Street or outside St. Ermin's Hotel. We walk along Broadway, past St. James's Tube station, past the Ministry of Justice heading towards St. James's Park and the Foreign Office, with an optional final stop at the Police Memorial where the fallen are remembered.

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Walking from MI5 and Thames House to the Home Office, Westminster School and Artillery Mansions, an apartment building associated with the traitor George Blake.

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The walk starts at the National Crime Agency, which is above Pimlico Tube. Walking past Dolphin Square and the new American Embassy, you will also see MI6 before ending this section at Thames House, the home of MI5.

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Coming soon! A walk from Pimlico tube station along the river Thames towards Westminster Cathedral and the Foreign Office.