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Seduction for Secrets: SOE Special Agent Fifi
In the history of espionage, the honeytrap is one of the oldest tricks.
Nov 3, 2025
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
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Top Secret Project Completed
An update on the hush-hush project and secret world of intelligence
Oct 20, 2025
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
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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.
Jul 21, 2025
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
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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…
May 21, 2025
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
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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.
Apr 10, 2025
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
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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…
Mar 7, 2025
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
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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…
Feb 17, 2025
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
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Beyond Courage: SOE Agent Denise Bloch
Remembering Jewish wartime heroine on Holocaust Memorial Day 2025.
Jan 27, 2025
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Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall
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