Reporting For Duty
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
Categories
MI6 and the Media on BBC Radio 4 - Ian Fleming links, though no mention
Dragonpol
https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r0hsx
MI6 and the Media
Duration: 28 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 04 March 2013 Jeremy Duns examines leaked documents which suggest close links between MI6 and the British press during the Cold War.
In December 1968, the British media was shaken by a series of secret documents leaked to Soviet state newspapers. The documents claimed a range of key Fleet Street correspondents and news chiefs were working for the intelligence services. Further papers alleged close links between the BBC and MI6.
At the time, the documents were dismissed by the British media as forgeries, part of an escalating propaganda battle played out in the Russian press. In this edition of Document, Jeremy Duns uncovers evidence which suggests that the papers were genuine and examines how they might have found their way into Soviet hands.
Notorious spies George Blake and Kim Philby are among those under suspicion of having leaked the documents.
Jeremy Duns speaks to distinguished Sunday Times journalist Phillip Knightley, and historian of the intelligence services Professor Christopher Andrew.
Producer: Laurence Grissell.
MI6 and the Media
Duration: 28 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 04 March 2013 Jeremy Duns examines leaked documents which suggest close links between MI6 and the British press during the Cold War.
In December 1968, the British media was shaken by a series of secret documents leaked to Soviet state newspapers. The documents claimed a range of key Fleet Street correspondents and news chiefs were working for the intelligence services. Further papers alleged close links between the BBC and MI6.
At the time, the documents were dismissed by the British media as forgeries, part of an escalating propaganda battle played out in the Russian press. In this edition of Document, Jeremy Duns uncovers evidence which suggests that the papers were genuine and examines how they might have found their way into Soviet hands.
Notorious spies George Blake and Kim Philby are among those under suspicion of having leaked the documents.
Jeremy Duns speaks to distinguished Sunday Times journalist Phillip Knightley, and historian of the intelligence services Professor Christopher Andrew.
Producer: Laurence Grissell.
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Drop-Penkovsky-Dangerous-Operation/dp/1849839271/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_har?ie=UTF8&qid=1370779857&sr=8-1&keywords=jeremy+duns+dead+drop
Jeremy Duns used to be a top literary Bond poster on CBn where he posted as spynovelfan.
Is it? I wonder what happened?
EDIT: Seems to be back on Twitter again.
Wow, that Stephen Leather character seems shady!
Yes, a nasty piece of work it would appear. Wouldn't be surprised that he's been suspended at all.
I've read something very troubling about Leather not so long ago, will see if I can find it. Shady, and to make it worse a very mediocre writer. At best.
He's heavily involved in "sock-puppeting" - giving his own work glowing reviews and attacks other writers on the Internet using various aliases.
Exactly, that's what I read. Sock-puppeting is deplorable, but I guess it has to be expected when one's sucks as a writer. But cyber-bullying on top of it is plain nasty, and cowardly. So Stephen Leather is a bad writer, a coward and a troll.
Can't argue with that at all. Potential readers please note. He now writes erotic short stories too!
If there are as good as his crime/spy fiction, I'll avoid them. I read one book of his, Cold Kill I think it was, with his hero (Mary Sue?) Dan "Spider" Shepherd. I was glad there was no sex scene, although Shepherd came off even more as a dull machine. The story was more boring than the characters.
Do you know where I can find Jeremy's piece on The Diamond Smugglers?
It should be on his blog somewhere. He wrote it for The Sunday Telegraph Culture magazine I believe.