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Experts point to easing of restrictions, the U.K. variant, and the proportion of those over 60 who haven't received the vaccine as factors in expected rise of coronavirus cases in Israel

Did a Nazi error lead to the death of Dundonian John Fletcher at Auschwitz in 1942? John Gordon Fletcher was wrongly labelled Jewish by the Nazis and was the only known Dundonian to have died at Auschwitz. © Sipa/Shutterstock John Fletcher was born in the Overgate in Dundee and is the only known Dundonian to have died at Auschwitz. Sign up for our newsletter and let our nostalgia team take you on a trip back in time Thank you for signing up to our Nostalgia newsletter. Something went wrong - p...

Ex-soldier gives free lessons to 1,000 pupils as he slams unions Mark Hookham For The Mail On Sunday © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A soldier who fought in Afghanistan before becoming a teacher is providing live online lessons for more than 1,000 children a day after he was appalled at the quality of remote teaching by state schools during lockdown. Stephen James, 37, a former lance corporal in the Intelligence Corps, is co-founder of the Invicta National Academy, w...

The world of ufology sometimes seems to be littered with various insiders and whistleblowers stepping forth out of the shadows to bring forward amazing and sensational inside information. Such stories are a dime a dozen in the field, and often pose as a minefield of bold claims and often contradictory information that sometimes leave us even more lost than we already were. Many of these claimed informants come to us with solid reputations and backgrounds, making it even harder to parse out what...

(As submitted by Mr. Caperton in 2008, with updates)

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 – ...

Submitting... David’s job brought them to Leeds in 1960 and, as a mature student, she enrolled at the James Graham Teacher Training College. After a spell at the Kitson College she settled into a long career at West Park High School where she took a particular interest in careers and in drama. Always an activist she was involved in a number of campaigning organisations, including Families Need Fathers. Having become involved with the Liberal party in the 1980s, she became a candidate for the...

John le Carre, 1931-2020 Peter Tonguette © Provided by Washington Examiner Obit.jpg It may not have been absolutely necessary to be a Midwesterner who traveled to the East Coast to write The Great Gatsby or a World War II veteran to pen The Naked and the Dead, but few would argue that the fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Norman Mailer was not immeasurably enriched by the authors’ firsthand encounters with their subjects. The great British spy novelist John le Carre, ...

  The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1965 British Cold War spy film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, and Oskar Werner. Based on the 1963 novel of the same name by John le Carré, the film is about a British agent who is sent to East Germany in order to sow disinformation about a powerful East German intelligence officer. With the aid of his unwitting English girlfriend, an idealistic communist, he allows himself to be recruited by the communists, but soon ...

His comments come in contrast to current C Richard Moore - who led tributes The celebrated spy author Le Carré died in Cornwall on Saturday at the age of 89 Spy author John le Carré tarnished MI6 and his novels were a stain on the secret service, its former head has claimed. Sir Richard Dearlove blasted the writer - real name David Cornwell - for successfully tarring the moral reputation of his former colleagues. ADVERTISEMENT His comments come in stark contrast to current C Richard Moor...