Stella Rimington, the first female director general of Britain's MI5 security and counter-intelligence service who ushered in ...

Available on The Week Bookshop A Spy Alone Charles Beaumont, 2023 A recent first novel by a former MI6 operative, this has a terrific plot involving an Oxford spy ring, but also gives real insight ...

There have been other successful spy novelists, of course, but our collective vision of spies still largely comes from the work of those two British men and, to a lesser extent, the books of Len ...

A recent first novel by a former MI6 operative, this has a terrific plot involving an Oxford spy ring, but also gives real insight into the modern way in which Russia runs its spies, and how it's ...

The 2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is based on John le Carré's 1974 novel of the same name, and features a who's who of British acting talent. Gary Oldman leads the film, while Toby Jones ...

Julieta Cervantes In 2010, British historian Ben Macintyre wrote the definitive account of the mission, and his bestseller was adapted into a BBC documentary.