The Cambridge Five network began to be dismantled only in 1951, but by then it had caused much damage to Western governments and profound embarrassment to Her Britannic Majesty's counter-espionage.

1. The best book on the Cambridge Five was written by the best spy among them, and perhaps of all time: Kim Philby. "My Silent War" is a brilliantly cynical confection of truth, half-truth, lies ...

The notorious Cambridge Five have spawned many versions, but Lewis sees it particularly timely today. “To answer why anyone today should be interested,” he said, “is we’re dealing with Russia.

Among the papers is an incomplete six-page confession from 1963 of Philby, seen as the Cambridge Five's ringleader and who became a senior figure in Britain's foreign spy agency MI6, in which he ...

Watch a trailer for A Spy Among Friends. A Spy Among Friends, the most high profile launch title for new UK streaming platform ITVX, retells the well-trodden story of the Cambridge Five.. The spy ...

Part of the story’s allure is undeniably that the Cambridge Five served as a template for not just Smiley but other famous spy novels, including a James Bond scenario (007 creator Ian Fleming ...