Jonathan Sumption

All eyes and ears

Both of these books aim, in their different ways, to cater for Britain’s long-standing obsession with espionage and other forms of political and military intelligence.

issue 14 August 2010

  • GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britain’s Most Secret Intelligence Agency

    Richard J. Aldrich

    Harper Press, pp. 666

  • The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The History of the Wartime Codebreaking Centre by the Men and Women Who Were There

    Sinclair McKay

    Aurum, pp. 336

Both of these books aim, in their different ways, to cater for Britain’s long-standing obsession with espionage and other forms of political and military intelligence.

Both of these books aim, in their different ways, to cater for Britain’s long-standing obsession with espion- age and other forms of political and military intelligence.

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