THE SIXTIES WASN’T ALL ABOUT FLOWER POWER – FROM JAMES BOND TO JOHN STEED, SECRET AGENTS DOMINATED POPULAR CULTURE

The rise and fall of an undervalued institution

The article on the battle against U-boats in the Second World War in the November issue omitted perhaps the most important episode. That was the part played by the late Joe Baker-Cresswell of Bamburgh

On 24 July, the US government announced a new executive order, ‘Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets’, which reversed support for longstanding federal policies like Housing First and pushed

‘SIR, –WE ARE HOMOSEXUALS and we are writing because we feel strongly that insufficient is being done to enlighten public opinion on a topic which has for too long been shunned.” So began the historic

“ Light-hearted banditry”, “ruthless pirating”, a “phantom army” – it’s fair to say that the Special Air Service (SAS) didn’t always attract the most complimentary headlines. In the white heat of the