Medmenham: Spying from the Sky
Taylor Downing tells the story of the Central Interpretation Unit at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire, where the RAF’s aerial photo interpreters played a critical role in Britain’s wartime struggle.
Espionage
The Strange Case of the Chevalier d’Eon
In the mid-18th century – at the height of the power struggle between France and England and the political ferment of both nations – a French spy with a peculiar personal agenda came to prominence in London. Jonathan Conlin tells his story.
Signposts: Monitoring Mi5
Bernard Porter reviews the field of studies of British covert operations and espionage.
Police, Spies and Double Agents: Russia 1881-1914
Chris Corin exposes the huge apparatus created by Tsarist Russia to combat the threat of revolution.
Lucky Break: the Zimmermann Telegram
David Nicholas reveals the skill and good fortune behind Britain’s First World War intelligence operation, and the coup by which the Zimmermann Telegram was cracked, tipping the balance in getting the US to join the Allied war effort.
Spying for Germany in Vichy France
Simon Kitson explores the prevalence of spying for and against the Nazis in southern France after the German invasion.
British Intelligence and the Nazi Recruit
Stephen Tyas uncovers a skeleton in the closeted world of espionage.
Radioactive Leak
Andrew Cook compares notes from Soviet sources and recently released MI5 files on Klaus Fuchs, the British nuclear physicist and spy who helped the Soviet Union develop the atom bomb.
The Search for the Real 007
Andrew Cook relates the story of Sidney Reilly - the inspiration behind James Bond.
Atom Spy Klaus Fuchs Jailed
The scientist was found guilty of betraying atomic secrets on March 1st, 1950.