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‘They deep-fried my head!’ Stars of Succession, The Sopranos, Spooks and more on their shocking TV deaths

How does it feel to be brutally killed off on screen? Actors from hit shows including Buffy, Line of Duty and Cucumber relive their shootings, stabbings, bludgeonings by golf club – and worse

The Guardian - UK

Prevent under review after failing to stop Southport killer, who else did they miss?

Sir David Amess’ killer and the Reading terror attacker were also known to the government scheme

The Independent UK

Slow Horses creator wins crime writers award for ‘reinventing spy thrillers’

Mick Herron wrote the series of books centred on the motley crew of MI5 spies operating out of Slough House.

Evening Standard

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Expanding terror definition could ‘overwhelm’ police and MI5, says watchdog

Jonathan Hall has been tasked with reviewing the scope of terror laws in the wake of the Southport attack.

The Independent UK

Call for ‘censorship culture’ to end as Unity Mitford’s German diary is revealed

Extracts from Mitford’s papers published but many more archives concerning British fascists remain concealed

The Guardian - UK

The Westminster whistleblower: how my friend Sergei tried to expose the Kremlin plot against Britain

Russian-born UK citizen and Tory party activist Sergei Cristo fought to make MI5 sit up and take notice of the Russian political interference operation now threatening democracy in Britain – and around the world

The Guardian - UK

Queen Elizabeth Reacted "Very Calmly" to News Her Royal Courtier Was Actually a Russian Spy

Newly declassified files reveal the late Queen's very unexpected reaction to the art historian's shocking secret.

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MI5 files: The biggest secrets uncovered from the Cambridge Five archives

From a major UK film star to the Queen’s senior courtier – declassifed documents tell a new story about British spies

The Independent UK

MI5 feared film star Dirk Bogarde could be target of KGB sting attempt

Newly declassified files show the actor’s name was on a list of ‘practising British homosexuals’ passed to the Russians.

Evening Standard

Queen left in dark after courtier unmasked as Soviet spy, MI5 files show

Queen Elizabeth was left in the dark for almost a decade over the full scale of the treachery of one of her most senior courtiers, according to…

The National (Scotland)

New spy recruits given advice on how to tail a suspect, MI5 files reveal

DO NOT use false beards, carry plenty of spare change for the tube, and if you have to tell a taxi driver to “follow that cab”, be prepared to…

The National (Scotland)

Scottish nationalists monitored by MI5 amid fears of help from France, files show

BRITISH security services were monitoring the Scottish nationalist movement – and feared the French government could be supporting it, newly…

The National (Scotland)

Actor Dirk Bogarde was ‘disturbed’ by KGB sting warning, declassified files reveal

MI5 told Bogarde in 1971 that he had been identified as ‘practising homosexual’ of interest by Russian spies

The Guardian - UK

Philby had to choose ‘between suicide and prosecution’ before 1963 defection

Files released by National Archives reveal moment double agent was confronted by MI6 officer Nicholas Elliot

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MI5 files suggest queen was not briefed on spy in royal household for nine years

Documents indicate monarch was informed Anthony Blunt was Soviet agent in 1973, though he confessed in 1964

Evening Standard

Elizabeth II ‘very calm’ when warned about Russian spy Anthony Blunt, newly released MI5 documents show

MI5 reveals confessions of three members of infamous Cambridge Five spy ring as tranche of documents released into National Archives

The Independent UK

Cambridge spy Blunt feared violence from his KGB controller

Newly-declassified files show notorious double agent refused ‘insane’ order to follow fellow spies Burgess and Maclean to Moscow.

The Independent UK

Elizabeth II kept in dark over Palace traitor Anthony Blunt

Newly-declassified files show the Queen was only told the full story a decade after royal courtier confessed to spying for the KGB.

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The Independent UK

Last secrets of notorious spy Kim Philby revealed: from traitor’s confession to Queen’s involvement

Trove of newly declassified files detail investigations into some of the country’s most notorious double agents, the ‘Ring of Five’, who passed information to the Soviets for three decades

The Independent UK

Dirk Bogarde and the KGB’s gay entrapment plot: MI5 files reveal secret warning to British film icon

Newly declassified files show the actor’s name was on a list of ‘practising British homosexuals’ passed to the Russians

The Independent UK

Kim Philby owned up to spying for Russia – but said he would do it all again

Newly declassified files show the moment the notorious Cambridge double agent finally confessed to his treachery.

The Independent UK

Follow that cab (and tip well): MI5’s wartime guide to the art of being a spy

The guidance is contained in a wartime booklet issued to all new recruits to the Security Service

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Human Intelligence; Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring; UnReality; The Hole Truth – review

Naomi Alderman’s 50-part history of great thinkers gets off to a flying start. Plus, an exposé of Russian interference in UK politics; and in the week the BBC axed Short Cuts, where now for young audio talent?

Evening Standard

Every terror attack is sickening, says MI5 head at FBI director’s leaving event

Sir Ken McCallum, who was knighted in the latest New Year Honours, gave a speech at the leaving event for FBI director Christopher Wray on Friday.

Evening Standard

Withheld MI5 material connected to teenager ‘not cause for concern’

Rhianan Rudd, 16, was found dead in May 2022, a year after she had been charged with terrorism offences.

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