The Deceit of Five Eyes
On recent Spies of London walking tours, I have found Five Eyes coming up more often as a topic of interest. It proves to be a subject that…
PAUL DETTMANN
Writer at Crime Guy + White Owl and Pen & Sword Books. Writer at Tennessee Vibes. UK: Bucks + Anlaby.
John le Carré at Southbank Centre
A talk given in September 2017 in London
The Tragedy of George Blake
George Blake was convicted of five charges relating to the Official Secrets Act and sentenced to an incredible 42 years in Wormwood Scrubs…
The Bulgarian Umbrella Murder of 1978
There is an amazing true story of a man being murdered by umbrella in London in 1978. But is it actually true?
Heroes of the Telemark
The Telemark operation is one of my favourite stories from the SOE, the Special Operations Executive, days. It is so incredible, and so…
Adventures in Bitcoin
Tales from the Bleeding Edge
On Going Offline, Sometimes
Regular readers will recall that I have dabbled at going offline before but never for a whole week. By offline, I mean: no smartphone, no…
Podcast: A License To Kill
An audio recording of the related article
License to Kill: Section 7
Section 7. That doesn’t conjure up much at all. The Intelligence and Security Act sounds dull too. Actually, that is not the correct name…
Podcast: Sir Maurice Oldfield
An audio recording of the related article
Wikileaks Is An Agent Of Russia?
With all the treason talk in the USA right now, it is surely time to look into the allegation that Wikileaks is working for Putin. Julian…
Has It Started Yet?
As we’re still waiting for any major party manifesto to materialise, we’ll just have to talk about the Sunday politics shows again. Marr…