Tag: Espionage Records and researchThe Jacobite Earl of Mar: A double agent?Tuesday 19 October 2021A previously overlooked document among State Papers in The National Archives may have the...Records and research‘The merry adventures of two Military Attachés’Friday 6 December 2019Serendipity often occurs in the course of archival research. While looking for something entirely...Records and researchSOE and the art of blending inFriday 21 June 2019The methods used by Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents to pass as members of...Records and researchDouble agents and double standardsFriday 17 May 2019Espionage is a complicated business. Not only do you, as a spy, have to...Records and researchLawrence and BellFriday 10 May 2019T.E. Lawrence is a legendary figure, known for spying and fighting in the Middle...Records and researchArchetype of a SpyFriday 3 May 2019Whenever I think of spies my first thought is always of a James Bond-type...Records and researchSpy, scoundrel and scholar: Leo Frobenius’ mission to AbyssiniaWednesday 14 November 2018It is a rare treat in any archive to be able to look at...Records and researchSpy or scholar? Meet Dr Curt PrüferMonday 24 September 2018During the First World War, British Intelligence made good use of scholars – notably archaeologists and...Records and researchCaviar is for battleships: Intelligence and the late Victorian Royal NavyMonday 16 April 2018Special codes, wiretapping, and secret communication devices disguised as flag poles: this all sounds...Records and researchSecrecy, sabotage and resistance: a Second World War ‘special relationship’Thursday 29 March 2018For the first time, resources are available to academics and researchers online on the...Records and researchSex, Spies and another Scandal: the other Profumo affairTuesday 28 November 2017At the height of the Profumo affair, the greatest British political scandal of the...Records and researchPaddy Costello: Soviet spy or political intellectual?Tuesday 11 April 2017Costello was an academic, soldier and diplomat, who remains as controversial now as he... 1 2 »