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  • Smooth Operator: The Life and Times of Cyril Lakin, Editor, Broadcaster and Politician.

    Smooth Operator: The Life and Times of Cyril Lakin, Editor, Broadcaster and Politician.

    From a humble background in Barry, where his father was a butcher and local politician in the formative years of the new town, Cyril Lakin studied at Oxford, survived the First World War, and went on to become a Fleet Street editor, radio presenter and war-time member of parliament. As literary editor of both the

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  • The Shadow Man

    The Shadow Man

    James Klugmann appears as a shadowy figure in the legendary history of the Cambridge spies. As both mentor and friend to Donald Maclean, Guy Burgess and others, Klugmann was the man who manipulated promising recruits deemed ripe for conversion to the communist cause. This perception of him was reinforced following the release of his MI5

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