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A drawing by Amedeo Modigliani, on the market for the first time in 91 years, is among the highlights of the inaugural Avant Garde - Art from 1890 to

Author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold used the desk from 2009 until his death in 2020 – the year he also applied for Irish citizenship

This Encyclopedia Britannica list features 7 techno-thriller writers known for the genre.

Acclaimed novelist John Le Carré died Dec. 12, 2020. My friend Gary Dexter was a fan of the author and of the espionage genre so I asked him to write a guest blog about Le Carré's books and to point people to the best film and TV adaptations of his work.

60 years ago, John le Carré published his debut, Call for the Dead. Could anyone have predicted he’d turn into a giant of British fiction?

Wandering Eye: All eyes on America(na) Editorial Staff AMERICANA WEEK In addition to sales of important Americana, furniture, folk, and outsider art at New York’s two major auction houses—Christie’s and Sotheby’s—a number of events are taking place that we urge you to turn your eyes toward: Celebrating its sixty-seventh year as the leading art, antiques, and design fair in the country, the Winter Show will be presented digitally in this edition. The show benefits the East Side Hou...

John le Carré at the premiere of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in 2011 Credit: Sang Tan/AP One of John le Carré’s final public appearances came on his 88th birthday – October 19 2019 – when he was one of the hundreds of thousands of people taking part in the “Together for the Final Say” march calling for a second Brexit referendum. There’s a fine photograph of him on that day, with his walking stick and “Bollocks to Brexit” sticker, eyes stern under beetling brows worthy of ...

Craig Sisterson pays tribute to a legend. On December 12, one of the world’s greatest spy masters slipped from this world. Not from an assassin’s bullet in a darkened alley, poisoning from a nerve agent, or a wretched betrayal by someone wrongly trusted; but pneumonia. After a lifetime entwined with spycraft, David John Moore Cornwell, formerly of MI5 and MI6, passed away in his hospital bed, aged 89. As the news broke the following day, the cover name Cornwell had created 60 years ago – ...

Ten Lessons in Intelligence December 19, 2020 . T here is no shortage of intelligence-themed or spy-related books on the market. From titles claiming something akin to “spy skills that will save your life” to “how do detect deception in your spouse”, there is a public appetite for a peek behind the curtain at the clandestine world. These typically trend more James Bond than George Smiley; more action than introspection, often resembling potboiler thrillers found in pharmacies and airpor...

The legacy of John le Carré: master of the political thriller The British spy-turned-novelist died on Dec. 12, 2020 at the age of 89. In this 2010 interview, le Carré spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about how his childhood and career in the intelligence service shaped his fiction. Social Sharing