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The Secret World: A history of intelligence by Christopher Andrew

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January-February 2019, no. 408
Kyle Wilson reviews 'The Secret World: A history of intelligence' by Christopher Andrew

The world’s best-known espionage officer, Vladimir Putin, would relish Christopher Andrew’s account of the role of his fellow practitioners at the 1816 Congress of Vienna. The secret services of France, Prussia, Britain, Russia, and Austria jostled to monitor the trysts of courtesans with the statesmen assembled in the ...

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Breaking News: The remaking of journalism and why it matters now by Alan Rusbridger

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January-February 2019, no. 408
Jane Cadzow reviews 'Breaking News: The remaking of journalism and why it matters now' by Alan Rusbridger

When Alan Rusbridger was a young journalist on the Cambridge Evening News, he fell in love with a university leturer. One night, after they moved in together, there was a knock on their door. A reporter and photographer from the Sunday Mirror wanted to tell the story of their romance to the four million people who ...

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