Eyes On the Spies

17/12/2025

Well, thats my work over for another year. Have a great Christmas with family and Friends. We rendezvous in January 2026.
Good Health!

04/12/2025

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgkr0wj5e8o

Today the Dawn Sturgess Enquiry concluded what we have long known, That Russian President Vladimir Putin was 'morally responsible' for the death of an innocent mother of 3 children when Russian assassins tried to poison the ex Russian spy Sergei Skripal with a deadly nerve agent, Novichok in Saisbury in 2018.
Read more below..

Dawn Sturgess, 44, died in 2018 after coming into contact with the nerve agent Novichok.

04/08/2025

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgkrm00y6rgo

Dame Stella was the first female director general of the service and the first to be publicly identified.

12/05/2025

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq69l0e2vjno
How many more spies are out there, hiding in plain sight? Lab assistants, beauty technicians, builders.

UK trial heard the ring had spied on Putin's enemies, including Alexei Navalny, in the UK and beyond

08/05/2025

My annual trip to see my very good friends from Seaham U3A near Newcastle. On this, the 80th anniversary of VE Day I am very proud to share the story of Nancy Wake an SOE spy who heroism helped ensure the Allied victory over Hitlers Germany. We salute you Nancy, and all the courageous men and women who fought to keep us free.

22/04/2025

The Mi5 exhibition at the National Archives at Kew is a really fascinating insight into one of the UKs secret services, from its inception in 1909 until today. Well worth a visit!

25/03/2025

It was a great pleasure to welcome members of Slough U3A on the first public presentation of my new tour today.

With a working title of.. The Yanks are coming…And Going!, it focuses on the waxing and waning of American influence in London’s Grosvenor Square from the 1780’s to today.

Thank you for your great support of this new venture.

22/03/2025

Oleg Gordievsky, the KGB agent who became a double agent for Britain's intelligence services has died at his home in Godalming, Surrey aged 86. He was said to be Britains most valuable spy inside Russian secret services.

He defected from Russia in a daring operation codenamed Pimlico, hiding in the boot of a car to cross the Finnish border.

In 2007, Gordievsky was honoured by the Queen with the Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George.

The honour is the same title bestowed on fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond.

His death is not thought to be suspicious.

04/03/2025

7 years ago today 2 Russian assassins walked up to the door of this house in Salisbury. They sprayed the nerve agent Novichok onto the door handle. They hoped to kill ex Russian spy Sergei turned British double agent Sergei Skripal. They failed, but their despicable act would later result in the death of an innocent woman, Dawn Sturgess.