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Inside Cold War spy Kim Philby's life - sex, deception and double-dealing

Biographer James Hanning tells of his fascination with Kim Philby, who was played by Guy Pearce in the ITV series A Spy Among Friends. He spied for the Russians while working as a British secret agent

Daily Mirror

MI6 closes top-secret spy school after planning documents leak location

MI6 bosses had been running a training centre in central London to teach agents spycraft and self-defence when they were forced to evacuate after floor plans and planning documents of the facilities were published by the local council.

Daily Record

MI6 shuts down top-secret spy school after location accidentally revealed

The MI6 training centre based in central London had been used to teach agents spycraft and self-defence for many years but key documents linked to the site were published by council officers

Daily Mirror

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Afternoon tea launched at grand Nottinghamshire country house with links to MI6

Woodborough Hall is more than 400 years old and is steeped in history but afternoon tea is a stylish, contemporary affair

Nottingham Post

UK ‘reviewing support for Iran nuclear deal’ after execution of Alireza Akbari

Alireza Akbari, who was allegedly tortured to force a confession, was executed on Saturday following accusations that he was an MI6 spy

Evening Standard

Where was James Bond when Saddam invaded Kuwait in 1990?

After the end of the Cold War, the future of our spy services looked in doubt

The Guardian - UK

Alireza Akbari’s grim fate seen as signal from Iran’s hardliners

Whether Iranian intelligence services genuinely believed Akbari was a spy is up for debate

The Guardian - UK

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Iran executes British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari accused of spying

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak says execution was a ‘callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime’

The Guardian - UK

Iran executes British-Iranian dual national for spying

Paris (AFP) - Iran said Saturday it had executed a British-Iranian dual national sentenced to death for spying for the United Kingdom, drawing strong condemnation from Western governments and international rights groups.

AFP

Rishi Sunak calls Iran's 'barbaric' execution of Brit national 'callous and cowardly'

The execution of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari on trumped up charges of corruption and espionage came after Foreign Secretary James Cleverly appealed to the Iranian regime not to proceed

Daily Mirror

Alireza Akbari execution: Brit accused of MI6 spying put to death in Iran, says state TV

Alireza Akbari, who served as deputy defence minister during the tenure of former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami, was arrested sometime between 2019 and 2020

Daily Mirror

British-Iranian man appears in heavily edited confession aired on Iranian TV

Alireza Akbari, who was sentenced to death for allegedly spying for MI6, gave reports on Iran’s nuclear programme, he says in TV interview

The Guardian - UK

The MI6 and MI5 jobs currently available – including those in Manchester

James Bond’s employer is looking to fill a variety of job roles across the country in a broad range of departments

Manchester Evening News

UK urges Iran to halt execution of British-Iranian man accused of spying for MI6

Iranian ex-deputy defence minister Alireza Akbari is accused of spying for the UK

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The Independent UK

Treason review: For a show about intelligence, this Netflix spy saga is sadly lacking any

Charlie Cox fails to deliver as a high-flying MI6 operative

Evening Standard

Betwixmas television: The best TV series to binge between Christmas and New Year’s Eve

The most bingeworthy boxsets to unwrap this Christmas

Evening Standard

Treason on Netflix review: this breathless thriller lacks bite

Olga Kurylenko shines in this pertinent tale of politics and Russian spies

TechRadar

Every Pierce Brosnan James Bond movie ranked, from worst to best

TechRadar runs the rule over Pierce Brosnan's mixed four-movie stint at MI6.

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Liverpool Echo

Treason on Netflix – release date, cast and everything you need to know

The new suspenseful spy thriller stars Charlie Cox and Olga Kurylenko

Daily Mirror

MPs hit out at spy chiefs - and warn them about posting on social media

The Intelligence and Security Committee urged bosses not to become distracted by giving media interviews and posting online, as the parliamentary body delivered its annual report

Manchester Evening News

Treason on Netflix – release date, cast and everything you need to know

Charlie Cox stars in Netflix’s suspenseful new spy thriller

The Independent UK

Extreme times: polarised politics and what we can learn from the past

Compelling new ITVX drama A Spy Among Friends explores the real-life private and public fallout that ensues when MI6 agent Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis) discovers his decades-long colleague and friend Kim Philby (Guy Pearce) is a communist double-agent, radicalised at university and recruited by the KGB to spill top-level secrets.…

The Independent UK

From dead drops to laser-spying: tradecraft through the decades

New ITVX drama A Spy Among Friends explores the incredible story of two real-life MI6 spies – Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis) and Kim Philby (Guy Pearce) – whose decades-long friendship fell apart when Philby was revealed to be a treacherous double agent, spilling secrets to the KGB. Here historian Guy…

The Independent UK

Telling the tale of two spies: Ben Macintyre and Alexander Cary Q&A

ITVX drama A Spy Among Friends, starring Guy Pearce and Damian Lewis, throws new light on the Kim Philby affair via his friendship with (and brutal betrayal of) fellow MI6 agent Nicholas Elliott. Here writer Adam Smith talks to executive producer Alexander Carey and author Ben Macintyre (whose book the…

The Guardian - UK

A Spy Among Friends review – don’t take your eyes off this star-packed espionage thriller

Guy Pearce is a charismatic traitor, Damian Lewis is an enigma and Anna Maxwell Martin carries along a fabulous drama that’s full of excitement – if a tad stuffy

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