20th Century
The Lawn Road flats
The Lawn Road flats in Hampstead, also known as the Isokon Building, were built in 1934 in the style known as Bauhaus or Le Corbusier. This is often known these days as brutalist and you [more…]
The Cold War
20th Century
The Woolwich Arsenal case
One of the few spy cases that was prosecuted in the thirties was the Woolwich Arsenal case. The background to this case was twofold, the Russians were spying on us anyway and they really needed [more…]
20th Century
John Stonehouse
Today’s brief piece recalls a disappearing act that caused somewhat of a stir back in the day that I’m sure many of you will remember. The brief career of a rapidly rising star and his [more…]
20th Century
The spy who came in from the Co-op
After the 1920s, it’s time to take a look at the 1930s. The spreading of the revolution was one of the top priorities of the Bolsheviks. Almost as soon as they gained power in Russia [more…]
20th Century
Compare and Contrast
The optimism. The belief. The passion. The determination and commitment. America is having a rare treat with its politicians. They are standing for something. Obama and Blair Obama inspired millions to take part. His slick [more…]
20th Century
The Communists
The twenties were dominated by the Bolsheviks in Moscow trying to spread their revolution world wide. Marx had predicted Great Britain would be the first to succumb to his fantasies so those in Moscow made [more…]
20th Century
The Communists
One of the more well known spy stories in the 1920s was the ARCOS affair. ARCOS was the All Russian Co-operative Society and it handled trade between the USSR and the UK. Anything the USSR [more…]
History
The Communists
In November 1924 a very strange advert appeared in the communist leaning Daily Herald. Labour Group carrying out investigation would like to receive information and details from anyone who has had any dealings with any [more…]
History
The Communists
During WW1 MI5 was preoccupied with the German spy threat. As the war came to an end there were threat of mutinies in the armed forces as some units decided de-mobilisation was not going fast [more…]