The forsyth saga

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

A liberal thinker about the American century

Writing exclusively for RT , Tom Hiddleston explains why, after 10 years, he had to bring back John le Carré’s spy – and how the author encouraged him to “keep the flame alive”

The sufferings of Afghanistan, and of those who invade it

Leigh Lawson has embraced acting and poetry with the same determination that sustained Marie Lloyd, the music-hall queen whose memorabilia he collects, as Carla Passino discovers

5 JANUARY