Tag: spy fiction
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John le Carré on loyalty
Wednesday 27th January 2021
blogQuote of the day: “As to his loyalty to his country Barley saw it only as a ques…
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John le Carré on Englishness — and Europe
Monday 11th November 2019
blogQuote of the day: “‘So was it all for England, then?’”
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Wild
Tuesday 5th July 2016
blogText of the day: “Like you said.”
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The Night Manager
Wednesday 30th March 2016
blogText of the day: “Secrecy is the curse of our British system.”
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Hapgood
Monday 14th December 2015
blogText of the day: “When I have learned the language I will write my own book.”
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Hapgood, Hampstead Theatre
Friday 11th December 2015
reviewEven this clear and sympathetic revival of Stoppard’s 1988 Cold War spy thriller…
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A Delicate Truth
Sunday 14th December 2014
blogText of the day: “What the gods and all reasonable humans fought in vain wasn’t …
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Sweet Tooth
Wednesday 14th May 2014
blogText of the day: “There was, in my view, an unwritten contract with the reader t…
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Another Country
Friday 11th April 2014
blogText of the day: “What better cover for a secret agent than apparent total indis…
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