Writer Geoff Andrews remembers BBC correspondent Cyril Lakin, a familiar voice for listeners during the Second World War… Read full article: http://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/the-wartime-wireless-and-the-lost-voice-of-cyril-lakin/
Articles by Geoff Andrews
Frank McEachran: the real-life model for The History Boys’ star Hector
This article was first published in the BBC History Magazine ‘History ‘Extra’ on 3/11/15 The real-life inspiration for Hector was Frank McEachran, a schoolmaster who taught the likes of Richard Ingrams, Paul Foot, and Michael Palin. One of McEachran’s most unusual protégés, however, was the communist intellectual and reluctant spy James Klugmann, who as a […]
MI5 files are worth the wait for researchers
This article was first published in Times Higher Education 1/10/15 The recent revelation that MI5 suspected Doris Lessing of running a house of ill-repute is only one of a number of outlandish assumptions made by the British Security Services, who expended much time and resources in opening mail, tapping phones and keeping watch on leading […]