John le CarreA collection of 22 posts

War

I worked for MI6 in the Sixties during the great witch-hunts when the shared p...

War

In every war zone that I've been in there has been a reality and then ther...

War

During the Cold War we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there ...

War

The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead.

Society

My definition of a decent society is one that first of all takes care of its los...

Relationship

But I think the real tension lies in the relationship between what you might cal...

Relationship

Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public t...

Politics

If there is one eternal truth of politics it is that there are always a dozen g...

Intelligence

The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opp...

Intelligence

It's part of a writer's profession as it's part of a spy's ...