MI6 Shortlists Man Who’d Apologise to His Assassin LONDON, England — The search for the next James Bond has taken a disturbing turn after British actor Jack Lowden, best known for playing an intelligence officer who routinely gets things wrong in Slow Horses, emerged as a serious contender to become cinema’s most competent secret agent. Why Jack Lowden Can’t Be James Bond Sean Connery walked into a room and women…
MI6’s River House: Where British Spies Go to Forget Their Passwords (And Everything Else) You ever notice how River House is basically the world’s most obvious secret? Like, if you’re trying to hide something, maybe don’t build it next to one of the busiest bridges in London and make it look like a wedding cake designed by someone who lost a bet. This is what Jerry Seinfeld would call “a problem.” The SIS…
The British Spy State: MI5, MI6, GCHQ, and the Democratic Accountability of Organisations Whose Work Is Secret by Definition | The Intelligence Agencies, Parliamentary Oversight, the Intelligence and Security Committee, Rendition, the Snowden Revelations, and the Governance of Secrets
Concrete and Secrets: MI6’s River House Proves Spies Have Better Real Estate Taste Than Design Sense The building is nicknamed “Legoland.” Also “The Ziggurat.” Also “Ceaușescu Towers” — a reference to the architecture of Socialist Romania. Also “The Vauxhault Trollop.” When your building has multiple insulting nicknames, you might have a design problem. River House was designed by Terry Farrell as a postmodern masterpiece that looks like it was designed by…
Morpeth Arms Review: Haunted Cells, Spies, and the Road to Australia | A 4.3 riverside pub named Morpeth Arms, built over the prison cells where convicts awaited transport to Australia
