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Sunday, 24 December 2017

Book review: 'Dark Ocean' by Nick Elliott

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The cover gives a big clue to the themes explored in the book! The spy and thriller genre is built on winning formulas. And winning cha...
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Saturday, 23 December 2017

Merry Christmas to all Deighton Dossier readers around the globe

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Even amidst barbarity, Christmas good will could still peek through in Berlin Well, another year draws to an end and, as we approach the...
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Tuesday, 28 November 2017

[Guest post update] SS-GB and its place in the alternate history landscape .... revisited

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In April, we published an article by Deighton Dossier reader and tier-one level collector Robert 'Raki' Rakison on SS-GB and alte...
Saturday, 21 October 2017

The Ipcress File: a textual and critical analysis

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Publicity photo from this iconic film of the book The Ipcress File I'm pleased to share with you a long, detailed and thoroughly in...
Monday, 28 August 2017

Deighton & Le Carré .... spy fiction titans cut from different cloth

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(c) Tom Jamieson, New York Times This recent New York Times profile of John Le Carré is part of the growing pre-launch hubbub surroundi...
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Thursday, 3 August 2017

In the days before flat whites and skinny moccachinos, there was .... chagga

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'Oh really, Bernard ...!" This post was inspired by an email from Deighton Dossier reader Morgan Davies , who sent a link to a...
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Friday, 30 June 2017

What's the correct term for a group of spy writers?

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Not a murder, or a gaggle. A 'briefing' of spy writers, perhaps, or a ... perhaps .... 'dossier of spy writers? Any ideas? ...
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Wednesday, 3 May 2017

Think you know a lot about British Thrillers? Think Again!

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The cover illustrations beautifully hint at the material discussed by Ripley Author and friend of the Deighton Dossier Mike Ripley - he...
Saturday, 22 April 2017

[Guest contributor] SS-GB and its place in the alternative history landscape

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Fritz Kellerman, from BBC1's SS-GB [ Friend of the Deighton Dossier and noted Deighton collector Robert "Raki" ...
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Monday, 20 March 2017

So ... what did you think? SS-GB has ended

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The gravelly voiced Douglas Archer Well, blog readers: Whaddya think? Yesterday's episode certainly introduced the action and tens...
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Friday, 24 February 2017

New profile of Len Deighton in Mail, part of SS-GB hullaboo

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Amidst all the online Twitter hubbub over alleged mumbling in SS-GB on BBC1, there's been a significant upsurge in coverage of both t...
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Monday, 30 January 2017

Would you collaborate, or not? SS-GB preview

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That's core to the gripping story at the centre of this five-piece BBC drama out late February, according to co-writer Robert Wade, h...
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Sunday, 1 January 2017

Full site update complete: The New Deighton Dossier is up and running

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One of my Christmas/New Year projects was to complete the upgrade to the Deighton Dossier website and archive, which has been online seven y...
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Monday, 19 December 2016

Christmas wishes to all the website readers ....

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Hours of endless waiting ahead on a cold Christmas night .... "'Cheer up, Werner. It will soon be Christmas,' I said. I s...
Sunday, 18 December 2016

New trial website now up ....

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After much shenanigans and failed uploads, I'm now in a position to upload the new design for the Deighton Dossier website . The ne...