Clovis Meath Baker
Levelling the playing field
Questioning the status of history’s ‘most dangerous’ spy
Spy who stayed out in the cold
There are shades of Philby in Richard Sorge, the hard-drinking, motorcycling, womanising rake whose cover as an arrogant Nazi convinced the German official community in Tokyo that he was one of them
Goodbye to all that
A charming and engaging memoir of a world long gone
Our Man On Twitter
Is Tom Fletcher’s Naked Diplomacy the new model for British statecraft?
Their Man In London
What do we really want from our security services?
Donnish Spy Games
A valuable – though not objective – historical record
Another Country
James Naughtie’s spy thriller, The Madness of July, is the work of a man steeped in the politics of the BBC
The Brexit crunch approaches
Thorny issues remain unresolved as the transition period comes to a close. Yet the hurdles to a deal are not insurmountable
Meritocracy makes a new ruling class
Innovation has often come from hard work by unlettered people. But young progressives now seem to treat education as a proxy for virtue
Some black lives matter more than others
Black Lives Matter misses the point—we should highlight the progress we have made, not split society and trap ourselves in victimhood