The US author on his early love of Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, the genius of Judy Blume, and finding perfection in Agatha Christie and Gustave Flaubert

My earliest reading memory
I recall lying in…

Spy in the Bag mystery: Expert claims he was asked to 'cover up' MI6 spook's death and reveals SIX glaring red flags that show he was murdered

found 2025 › Aug › 16 (Sat) @ 13:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

In one of the most mysterious deaths ever on British soil, on August 16 2010, Gareth Williams was found impossibly folded inside a red North Face holdall in his bath. He was just 31.

4 months ago

Parents left stumped by simple 'I spy' riddle in young children's picture book - and the answer has only caused more confusion

found 2025 › Jul › 30 (Wed) @ 15:30 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

The 'I Spy' riddle, which has caused fury around the globe after being shared on social media, challenges readers to identify which of the pictured objects begins with the letter 'R'.

5 months ago

‘Full of delightful surprises’: why Spy is my feelgood movie

found 2025 › Jun › 23 (Mon) @ 09:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The latest in our series of writers recommending their go-to comfort watches is an ode to Paul Feig’s 2015 comedy starring a never-better Melissa McCarthy

It has a plot and a cast that seem cooked up …

Spy ships, cyber-attacks and shadow fleets: the crack security team braced for trouble at sea

found 2025 › Jun › 18 (Wed) @ 07:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

As international tensions mount and hackers grow more sophisticated and audacious, the Nordic Maritime Cyber Resilience Centre is constantly monitoring the global threat of war, terror and piracy

Ship…

7 months ago

Russian Spy Chief Signals More Prisoner Swap Talks With U.S. After Latest Exchange

found 2025 › Apr › 11 (Fri) @ 10:40 UTC

a story from The Moscow Times ✅ › The Moscow Times

SVR Director Sergei Naryshkin said that “dialogue with the new U.S. administration will certainly continue,” including on the issue of prisoner exchanges.

Russia Spy Chief Signals More Prisoner Swap Talks With U.S. After Latest Exchange

found 2025 › Apr › 11 (Fri) @ 10:05 UTC

a story from The Moscow Times ✅ › The Moscow Times

SVR Director Sergei Naryshkin said that “dialogue with the new U.S. administration will certainly continue,” including on the issue of prisoner exchanges.

8 months ago

Journalist Graydon Carter: ‘If there was another 9/11 this week, I don’t think the world would rush to support us’

found 2025 › Mar › 30 (Sun) @ 08:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The former Vanity Fair editor on how #MeToo changed Hollywood, what Christopher Hitchens would make of the US today, and the value of a handkerchief

Graydon Carter, 75, is a Canadian-born journalist. …

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