Tag: Michael portillo state secrets traitors and spies Records and researchTales from the Special Operations Executive – Operation Remorse, part fiveWednesday 4 February 2015This is my fifth and final blog post on Operation Remorse, the secret Second...Records and researchDigging for King and CountryTuesday 18 November 2014As I very often tell my friends and colleagues, not all archaeologists are spies....Records and researchSpies and scandals in MI5 filesFriday 24 October 2014Spies, scandal and Marxist historians. Not a combination that usually goes together, but today’s...Records and research‘Our Special Agent’: ‘Fifi’ and the Special Operations ExecutiveWednesday 17 September 2014It’s an age-old question: just what should you say to a beautiful woman? The...Records and researchTheatre of war: the drama of the Special Operations ExecutiveWednesday 6 August 2014It’s a bit glib to say so, but in some ways the Special Operations...Records and researchSecrets and spies of the First World WarFriday 11 April 2014What do socks, exotic dancers and scouts have in common? The answer is that...Records and researchJames Bond, the Cold War diaries and spying in KewFriday 26 October 2012It’s almost impossible to separate in the popular imagination the real world of espionage...
