MI6 and the Media on BBC Radio 4 - Ian Fleming links, though no mention

DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
edited April 2013 in Literary 007 Posts: 17,728
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.

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  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    On the back of this, my friend Jeremy Duns has just brought out a new espionage non-fiction book called Dead Drop :

    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.
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    He does seem to have got into trouble with Twitter though - his account has been suspended.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited August 2013 Posts: 17,728
    007InVT wrote:
    He does seem to have got into trouble with Twitter though - his account has been suspended.

    Is it? I wonder what happened?

    EDIT: Seems to be back on Twitter again.
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    I think I got wrong account.

    Wow, that Stephen Leather character seems shady!
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    007InVT wrote:
    I think I got wrong account.

    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.
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    Dragonpol wrote:
    007InVT wrote:
    I think I got wrong account.

    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.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Ludovico wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    007InVT wrote:
    I think I got wrong account.

    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.
  • edited August 2013 Posts: 14,799
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Ludovico wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    007InVT wrote:
    I think I got wrong account.

    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.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 17,728
    Ludovico wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Ludovico wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    007InVT wrote:
    I think I got wrong account.

    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!
  • Posts: 14,799
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Ludovico wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    Ludovico wrote:
    Dragonpol wrote:
    007InVT wrote:
    I think I got wrong account.

    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.
  • 007InVT007InVT Classified
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    @Dragonpol

    Do you know where I can find Jeremy's piece on The Diamond Smugglers?
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited September 2013 Posts: 17,728
    007InVT wrote:
    @Dragonpol

    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.
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