Tag: MI5
Posts about the United Kingdom’s domestic counter-intelligence agency, properly known as the Security Service, but popularly known as MI5.
The Gun Seller was written by Hugh Laurie and published in 1996. Critics often describe it as one of the best comedy espionage novels ever written. The Gun Seller: Title…
Eye of the Needle (also published as Storm Island), written by Ken Follett and published in 1978, wasn’t his first novel, but it was his first big hit,…
First Things First The most important qualification to become a spy The first thing is you must realise if you are going to become a spy is that…
This is a guest post by Sarah Jasmon– author, journalist and copywriter. Red Joan, written by Jennie Rooney and published by Chatto and Windus in 2013, is loosely…
This is the astonishing story of how a prolific, hugely popular, but now almost forgotten spy novelist, William Le Queux, single-handedly caused the creation of Britain’s spy agencies. It’s the true…
Complicit stars David Oyelowo, who played Danny in Spooks/Mi5, as Edward Ekubo and Arsher Ali, who was in Four Lions, as Waleed Ahmed. Niall MacCormick directed, from a screenplay by…
Black Helicopters is my Facebook page. It reports on spies, espionage, special forces and counter-terrorism operations, enabling readers to glimpse this secret world. Like the page for articles,…