Garrick revelations strike nerve given MI6 chief’s diversity push News the MI6 head belonged to the men-only club is embarrassing to the service in light of its campaign to become less male and white The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024
The Garrick row is not about women getting in – it’s about the dinosaurs desperate to keep us out Beleaguered members cite tradition, but this is an attempt to protect powerful men from society’s progress, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2024
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 · Mar 21, 2024
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 · Mar 21, 2024
‘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 · Mar 21, 2024
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 · Mar 20, 2024
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 · Mar 20, 2024
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 · Mar 19, 2024
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 · Mar 18, 2024
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 · Feb 23, 2024
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 · Feb 5, 2024
British Businessman Imprisoned In China On Spy Charges The businessman disappeared from public life in 2018. International Business Times UK · Jan 29, 2024
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 · Jan 24, 2024
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 · Jan 21, 2024
International Business Times · Jan 21, 2024 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.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2024 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
Evening Standard · Jan 14, 2024 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 · Jan 8, 2024 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 · Jan 8, 2024 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 · Jan 8, 2024 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.
The Conversation · Jan 1, 2024 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 · Dec 24, 2023 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 · Dec 20, 2023 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 · Dec 17, 2023 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 · Dec 14, 2023 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