The British secret service has declassified new documents about the famous spy who ended up fleeing to Moscow, where he died alone and drunk 25 years later ...

Newly declassified British documents show that Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her ...

As new documents reveal fascinating new details about the infamous MI6 double agent Kim Philby and his betrayals, Mark Hollingsworth reflects on how despite the evidence, he and fellow Soviet agent An ...

Newly declassified files show the moment the notorious Cambridge double agent finally confessed to his treachery.

Trove of newly declassified files detail investigations into some of the country’s most notorious double agents, the ‘Ring of ...

A closer look at recently declassified MI5 files on the intelligence failure surrounding the five "Cambrdige spies" ...

British double agent Kim Philby’s deceit was finally exposed by the daughter of a Jewish-Russian oil magnate offended by his anti-Israeli reports while operating undercover as a journalist in Beirut, ...

However, the release of MI5’s files this week, detailing the confessions of Kim Philby and his fellow members of the Cambridge Five, forces us to confront an unsettling reality: espionage is a world ...

Helenus Milmo, a barrister and wartime MI5 officer, was tasked with trying to wring the truth from Kim Philby. Some seven ...

Top secret MI5 files detailing first-hand accounts of confessions of three of Britain's most notorious double agents ...

Kim Philby was the quintessential spy, a man who charmed and betrayed in equal measure. To his colleagues in MI6, he was the consummate professional, rising swiftly through the ranks of Britain ...

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