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Len Deighton’s espionage books can be broadly classified into two categories—the ones that feature an anonymous British agent (Harry Palmer in the films) and the nine-book saga of Bernard Samson.

In Malawi, floods have become more frequent and intense in recent years and the damage has been more devastating.

Kyle Barrett, 32, was visiting family with his wife, children and their 60kg St Bernard Samson when everyone noticed the dog had vanished. The family, from Cheshire, found him on the roof.

Campagne de sensibilisation pour inciter les 18-35 ans à se faire vacciner Le 2 juillet 2021 Temps de lecture : 2 min 30 s Communiqué Le docteur Bernard Samson ajoute sa voix à la campagne de sensibilisation sur la vaccination contre la COVID-19 de la MRC des Appalaches. (Photo : gracieuseté) La MRC des Appalaches a lancé aujourd’hui une campagne de sensibilisation afin d’inciter les jeunes de 18 à 35 ans de son te...

Len Deighton and the mundanity of spies For the spy novelist, espionage was not a thrilling solitary pursuit but an extension of the world we live in. I was sent to prevent the Bolshevik Revolution and to keep Russia in the war,” wrote Somerset Maugham in the preface to  Ashenden, or the British Agent (1928). “The reader will know,” he continued drily, “that my efforts did not meet with success.” In 1915-16, already a successful novelist and playwright, Maugham worked as a Briti...