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The head of Britain's foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for encouraging Russians to spy for the UK

The head of Britain's foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for encouraging Russians to spy for the UK after it broadcast part of a speech he gave earlier this year where he called on Russians to join hands with British intelligence

Sir Richard Dearlove says the deal would be a ‘profound security concern’ and urges ministers to stop it

The business planning to turn a secret network of Second World War tunnels under Holborn into a major new visitor attraction has made the first preparations for a London stock market listing, the Standard has learned.

These are the best spy thrillers on Netflix right now including political thrillers, secret agent shows and even a documentary.

The James Bond movies have always been known for a colorful array of villains and henchmen, making for quite a cast of characters.

She ate fried chicken with BB King, gave Jimi Hendrix a lift home from a gig and accidentally worked for MI6. The pioneer recalls her favourite subjects – and the ones like Miles Davis she’d rather forget

Radio Wales investigates the death of GCHQ’s Gareth Williams; Alice Loxton uncovers snippets of spy lore; and first-time producers deliver BBC radio gold

The former minister stretches out a tale of a fiendishly fiendish Tory party conspiracy. Our sketch writer shortens the story

In 2022, writer Suleika Dawson published an intimate, refreshingly candid first-hand account of her passionate extramarital affair with David Cornwell – who worked as an intelligence agent for MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and early 1960s, and wrote spy novels using the pseudonym John le Carré.

Former MI6 officer’s witness statement criticises ‘reckless’ publication of testimony about ex-president’s Russia links