Forgotten Heroes of Espionage (6)

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Scotland (1882-1965) In February 1947 some strange headlines appeared in British newspapers such as: “MI5 officer was on Nazi General Staff!” and “Britain’s Master Spy!”. Of course, the headlines were all poppycock as newspaper headlines generally are. But beneath those headlines lurked a story of a first …

Discrimination

One of the fascinations of espionage history is that it is full of incidents so bizarre that you could not make them up. So while we wait to hear whether US intelligence did or did not justify the assassination of Soleimani, here is the answer to the question: who was …

Tamam Shud

A colleague has just returned from Australia where she came across an intriguing little mystery. She was told that this was a case of espionage. We have concluded that it was not, but it is interesting nonetheless. It shows the way that people believe that spies work – and how …