Tag: Spies Records and researchFive reasons to visit MI5: Official SecretsMonday 12 May 2025From secret codes to never-before seen devices, here’s five reasons to visit our current...Records and researchSpies, social climbers and suspicious stories from the files of MI5Tuesday 11 October 2022In 1962, civil servant John Vassall was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for espionage....Behind the scenesSacrifices for loveFriday 22 May 2020What would you sacrifice for love? And who sacrifices more: those who have it all,...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...Behind the scenesTracing your house historyWednesday 1 May 2019The dwelling that you call home will always hold a unique treasure trove of...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 researchThe day an English king covertly avoided catastrophe: Calais 1350Thursday 22 February 2018‘…so ought not this event in any history to be forgotten. Then it is...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...Records and researchBurgess and Maclean: RevelationsFriday 23 October 2015Burgess and Maclean. The names have been etched into postwar Britain history, synonymous with... 1 2 »