Philby’s name is synonymous with treachery on a colossal scale. Anthony Blunt, Guy Burgess, John Cairncross and Donald Maclean—the other members of the Cambridge Five, a spy ring—committed ...

For years, Philby had been a high-flying MI6 officer tipped as a future chief of the service – C – only to be forced to quit after coming under suspicion when his two fellow Cambridge spies ...

Philby, considered the most important of the Cambridge ring, had not expected Burgess to accompany Maclean to Moscow. His disappearance led MI5, which was charged with counter-espionage, straight ...

Philby’s contact arranged for him to be smuggled aboard the Dolmatova, a Soviet freighter that was loading cargo on the night of the storm. In the early hours of the morning, as Peter Lunn was ...

Kim Philby drama invents female officer to expose ‘white, upper class dinosaurs’ who missed double agent A Spy Among Friends, ITVX’s adaptation of Ben Macintyre’s bestseller, exposes the ...

Philby's downfall started when he allowed Burgess, who had been assigned to Washington, to move into his home. When Burgess was revealed as a spy, Philby became the focus of legitimate suspicion ...

Kim Philby holds a press conference at his mother’s home in Drayton Gardens, London, in 1955. Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images/Getty Kim Philby was arguably Britain’s greatest spy.

DECEIVING THE DECEIVERS Kim Philby, Donald Maclean, and Guy Burgess You are what you read. Reveal your 2024 reader type with Newsprint. By S.J. Hamrick Yale Univ. 297 pp. $29.95 ...

Philby Sr was the pivotal figure in a deal that enabled Standard Oil, an American company, to gain the concession to the richest oilfield in the world against competition from British firms.

But Philby will also be integrating his Background network of creators, designers, musicians, athletes and philanthropists into the new agency’s work. Philby will report to UEG founder and CEO Jarrod ...