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Top Secret Project Completed
An update on the hush-hush project and secret world of intelligence
 • Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
From Mata Hari with Love –Bond Bombshells and Femme Fatales
The musings of a spy historian on the subject of sexist depictions of women spies in film.
 • Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
A Slice of Espionage at the Old War Office
Raffles London at The OWO launches a ‘Secrets & Spies’ afternoon tea paying homage to daring female agents and secret gadgetry devised by Britain’s…
 • Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
Cold War ‘Spy Schools’: Dennis Mills and the Joint Service School for Linguists
Britain’s covert Russian language initiative during the 1950s offers an important lesson for today.
 • Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
SOE Agent Virginia Hall and the New York Post.
On the eve of International Women's Day 2025, SOE agent Virginia Hall takes centre stage in this article, exploring how Allied intelligence weaponised…
 • Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
The MI6 Man behind the Wheel
As personal driver to the first two chiefs of Britain’s Intelligence Service, Ernest Bailey’s incredible story is told for the first time with rare…
 • Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
Beyond Courage: SOE Agent Denise Bloch
Remembering Jewish wartime heroine on Holocaust Memorial Day 2025.
 • Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
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