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Showing posts with label espionage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label espionage. Show all posts
Monday, 18 May 2026

80 Gays Around the World: Part 8) Persona Non Grata

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Last time : 23) Harmodius and 24) Aristogeiton were killed rebelling against 25) Hipparchus (whose father-in-law, 26 Charmus of Kollyton ...
Wednesday, 27 March 2024

License to Sing

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Among the many days that have traditional names ascribed to them (e.g. New Year’s Day, Shrove Tuesday, Mother’s Day) is Spy Wednesday, which...
Wednesday, 10 January 2018

Around the World in Another 80 Gays : Part 2) Rebellion

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Previously : 1) Sir Noël Coward (1899-1973), when a tennage, became an unofficial mascot of the Sherwood Foresters regiment through his r...
Wednesday, 12 April 2017

License To Spy

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Ssh! Keep it top secret. Today is Spy Wednesday. This is one of the many vanishing days of the religious calendar. It wasn’t named after t...
Thursday, 5 January 2017

Out Of Their Trees: A Report on the Wolfendens

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For the first of this year’s themed articles I want to look at the family whose name was given to the parliamentary committee which pave...
Wednesday, 23 March 2016

Spy Wednesday

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What have the following people got in common? Casanova, Oscar Wilde, Dr Crippen, the Kray twins and Emmeline Pankhurst. Answer – they all ...
Monday, 16 November 2015

Coded Lives : The Chevalier's Secret - Part 2

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We return to one of the people I featured in one of this year’s “Coded Lives” series. In February I wrote about the secret life of Charl...
Wednesday, 26 August 2015

Around the World in 80 Gays : Part 17 - A Spy

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LAST TIME : 48) Keith Tomlinson (b.1980) climbed Mount Elbrus in Russia, one of the 7 highest continental mountains (the Seven Summits), a...
Friday, 27 February 2015

Coded Lives : 3 - The Chevalier's Secret

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The main task of any code is to disguise the true meaning of things, to keep reality a secret, to keep people guessing. And no-one kept ...
Friday, 4 May 2012

The Reluctant Spy

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A month ago today I told you about spies. Spies are still very much in the news at the moment with the mysterious death of Gareth William...
Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Spy Wednesday

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Everyone has heard of Good Friday. Most people have heard of Maundy Thursday. But how many have heard of Spy Wednesday? In medieval Ireland...