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Tuesday, 18 September 2018

A short, shorts story ...

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Interesting little media snipped from the Irish Independent newspaper today. Readers my know that during the seventies, Len Deighton a...
Thursday, 13 September 2018

Up for discussion ... Berlin Game

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Start of something good - Book Club Edition podcasts on Spybrary The first Spybrary Book Club podcast edition is now out! Check it out...
Saturday, 1 September 2018

Game, Set and Match - Spybrary book club first edition

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We're discussing Berlin Game, but Mexico Set and London Match will likely come up too Readers, next Wednesday I'll be recording...
Sunday, 5 August 2018

Going "drüben"

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Drüben, which in German means "over there", is frequently used by Werner Volkmann and Bernard Samson in the Game, Set and Match bo...
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Saturday, 14 July 2018

Let's go clubbing ...

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Shane Whaley over at Spybrary - as if he hasn't got enough on his hands already, what with running the best spy fiction podcast out ...
Monday, 2 July 2018

Wir treffen uns an der Mauer ...

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So, it's on. The joint Spybrary - Deighton Dossier Berlin 'tref' or 'Samson-Fest' will take place in Berlin on 4 Au...
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Friday, 22 June 2018

Berlin Pension plan ...

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These images were sent to the Dossier by a German visitor, Peter Hegenbarth, a resident of Kissinger Strasse in Berlin, who wrote ...
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Wednesday, 20 June 2018

Not soft, but hard boiled

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Some eggs, yesterday. Last year, on this blog, I posted up link to an article by Dr Robert Lance Snyder , a retired US academic, in an ...
Monday, 7 May 2018

Site refresh ...

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This morning I've updated the main Deighton Dossier website, giving it a 'spring clean', so to speak. Most of the main pho...
Sunday, 15 April 2018

False Dawns and Development Hell - the fate of 'non-movies'

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It is the fate of perhaps the majority of books which are 'optioned' to be made into films of TV series never to reach the small or ...
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Sunday, 18 February 2018

Happy 89th Birthday

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89 today On behalf of readers and fans of his work, the Deighton Dossier - set up to bring those people together online to celebrate and...
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Saturday, 17 February 2018

Brush pass this interesting podcast

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As readers of this blog may know, the Spybrary podcast by fellow Deighton fan and friend of the Deighton Dossier Shane Waley is pulling u...
Sunday, 11 February 2018

What's so special?

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A woman, scorned The first edition is the ultimata ratio of any book collector, the Holy Grail of the bibliophile. But there is also g...
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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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