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Garrick Club: Campaigner calls for more public figures to resign membership amid storm over men-only policy

After Civil Service and MI6 heads leave club amid fresh controversy over policy, demands grow for others to follow

Evening Standard

OPINION - Who are these snowflakes whining about the men-only Garrick? Grow up, single-sex spaces are fine

So, a coup for The Guardian. After publishing a list of the members of the male-only Garrick Club in much the same spirit as it might out members of the English Defence League, it has now got three members to resign. Simon Case, head of the Civil Service after telling…

Evening Standard

‘Nothing in the language excludes admission of women’: KC issues opinion on Garrick Club rules

Opinion from David Pannick KC was sought by members who are in favour of women being admitted

The Guardian - UK

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Resignations of Case and Moore prompt difficult questions for Garrick members

Both men U-turn within 24 hours of refusing to resign as colleagues and critics express dismay at club’s continuing lack of diversity

The Guardian - UK

Head of civil service and MI6 chief resign Garrick membership

Exclusive: Top civil servant Simon Case follows Richard Moore in announcing decision to quit male-only club

The Guardian - UK

UK’s top civil servant and head of MI6 urged to quit Garrick Club

Critics say Simon Case and Richard Moore’s membership of all-male club shows poor leadership and judgment

The Guardian - UK

Garrick Club’s men-only members list reveals roll-call of British establishment

Exclusive: Details made public for first time prompt anger over how many influential figures belong to club that bars women

The Guardian - UK

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Julian Nagelsmann reveals father was German spy who took his own life

Julian Nagelsmann has spoken about the death of his father, who he revealed worked in the country’s equivalent of MI6 before ending his own life

The Guardian - UK

Review of MI6 worker Gareth Williams’ death finds no new DNA evidence

Code-breaker was found dead inside a padlocked holdall at his London flat in 2010

The Guardian - UK

British Businessman Imprisoned In China On Spy Charges

The businessman disappeared from public life in 2018.

International Business Times UK

Faithless Tories feign loyalty to Rish! with all the plausibility of a Nadine Dorries story

After Simon Clarke proposed yet another leadership switch, most Tory MPs looked the other way – but Nadine sees deeper intrigue

The Guardian - UK

Beneath the Bustle: London's Underground Wonders Set to Transform into a Cultural Tourist Destination

Local opponents include a British lawmaker and landlords of a psychotherapy and counselling venue

Latin Times

Tunnel Vision: Subterranean London To Become Tourist Hub?

A battle is brewing over plans to turn so-called spy tunnels beneath central London into "one of the world's most unique cultural experiences", pitting a global financier against local residents.

International Business Times

Mike Sadler obituary

Last original member of the SAS who used the stars to navigate across the north African desert during the second world war

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Evening Standard

Trump re-election could be threat to UK national security, says former MI6 boss

Sir Richard Dearlove said Donald Trump’s possible return to the White House could be ‘problematic’ for the UK if he ‘damages the Atlantic Alliance’.

The Independent UK

China’s security agencies accuse Britain’s MI6 of using foreigner to spy on country

China’s security agencies claim foreigner collected intelligence related to country for British spying

Al Jazeera

China accuses UK of sending spy to access state secrets

China and the UK and its Western allies have traded barbs, accusing each other of espionage.

International Business Times

China Says Foreign Consulting Agency Head Spied For Britain

China's spy agency said Monday the head of a foreign consultancy had been found to be spying for Britain's MI6 intelligence service.

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The Conversation

My favourite fictional character: George Smiley is unattractive, overweight, a terrible dresser – and a better spy than James Bond

I grew up in the southeast of England. There wasn’t all that much to do. I remember spending a lot of time at the local cinema. You had to drive to get there. I watched pretty much anything I could.

TechRadar

Dialtones are forever: the phones we think the next James Bond could use – and one the spy would never carry

We don’t know who the next James Bond will be, but here are 007 phones we think the spy could use – and one Q-branch wouldn’t touch.

The Guardian - UK

Guantánamo prisoner can sue UK government, supreme court rules

Palestinian national claims British intelligence services asked CIA to put questions to him while he was being tortured in ‘black sites’

The Conversation

James Bond and Aston Martin’s DB5: behind the scenes of one of cinema’s most successful product placements

Ian Fleming’s most famed character, James Bond, first graced the screen in 1962, ushering in a cinematic obsession that has grossed more than 7 billion dollars since its creation.

The Guardian - UK

Miscarriage of justice watchdog reviews murder conviction of ex-MI6 informant

Criminal Cases Review Commission re-examines case of Wang Yam, who was convicted of 2006 murder of Allan Chappelow in London

Evening Standard

Gaza war stoking 'unparalleled' threat of UK extremism, ex-MI6 chief Sir Alex Younger warns

The Met has stepped up arrests of people waving extremist anti-Israel banners at recent pro-ceasefire rallies in London

The Independent UK

MI6 chief thanks Putin’s TV channel for help in encouraging Russians to spy for the UK

The head of Britain's foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for encouraging Russians to spy for the UK

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