Clinton-era White House adviser talks about his history of the White House Situation Room and his fear that Americans of opposing political camps have stopped listening to each other
All the Oscar winner’s talents are on show in The Pigeon Tunnel, his gripping documentary about the great espionage writer John le Carré
‘I’ve lived through a world of endless betrayal,’ the great spy writer tells the celebrated documentarian in his final testament on camera
Huw Lemmey, a novelist and host of the Bad Gays podcast, has made the intriguing spy film Ungentle
Donald Clarke: We are a sentimental people, but that does not extend to passports any more than it does to driving licences
The historian on his new book on Colditz, and Britain’s second World War obsession
Donald Clarke: If authors can keep an open mind about appearances, so can readers
Decade of brown carpets and complicated hair lives on in a long line of retro movies
My iPad and audiobooks are two wonderful things salvaged from a year I’d prefer to forget
US Politics: The president is acting out that US paradox – the fuddy-duddy reformer
Soundtrack of My Life: The director on her lockdown listening, Francophilia, and Peppa Pig
Up to half a million British people are becoming Irish citizens. They help us to recognise our own past
An Irishman’s Diary
One of the last photographs of author ‘is him sitting wrapped in an Irish flag’
This pandemic will pass and we will travel again. But where will we go?
Christmas visits off the menu as Oireachtas restaurant only open to serving members
Novelist was in process of applying for Irish passport after tracing family line to Co Cork
Many critics considered his cold-war thrillers and other books literature of the first rank
Writer’s popular books included The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
He was always a little out of his time, combining charm, menace and old-fashioned masculinity
The star of quiz show Pointless on his new novel, being on telly, and why class is crucial
The Scottish actor, voted ‘sexiest man alive’ for decades, started as a milkman and became ‘the greatest’ James Bond
There’s enough novelty to last a lifetime, but repeated viewing brings its own comforts
This collection constitutes arguably the finest compilation of the last 10 years
Radio review: Sometimes ‘excessive self-admiration’ is justified, says Newstalk presenter
Read an extract from Agent Running in the Field, which will be published next month
Washington’s International Spy Museum reveals much about how data is weaponised
Review: Florence Pugh mesmerises in this adaptation of a John le Carré spy story – and Alexander Skarsgard is not too shabby either
The spy novelist is 87, but his star has never shone brighter, with a BBC adaptation of ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ about to start
Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko did it to expose a killer. But most people who fake their deaths are running from something
Chris Johns: looks like we’re back in the cold war of 1970s
Meteorology matters as four stories on Hurricane Ophelia appear in the top-10 list
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
