Wednesday 7 July 2010

From Moscow Central to Spying in Suburban USA

Having just finished listening to "The Complete Smiley" on BBC Radio 4, I'm naturally intrigued by the discovery of a Russian spy ring in suburban USA.

After initially denying all existence of the suburban spy ring, it now seems that Russia is offering a one for one exchange of people held over there for spying offences. How Very Cold War !

Nevertheless, it's all a very long way from the days of British Russian spies Burgess and Maclean, which is a shame because I so much enjoyed a recent showing of the 1983 screen play "An Englishman Abroad".

The Moscow scenes looked so authentic, although I believe they were shot in Glasgow and Dundee. Well, it can be cold there too !