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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

MI6's greatest traitor returns to The Rest is Classified podcast this week as we finish the story of Kim Philby. We pick up with him in Washington as liaison to the new CIA. Ep 1 includes possibly the worst dinner party in history when old friend Guy Burgess drops by...... linktr.ee/triclassified

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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

4th May our first event @gordoncorera.bsky.social discusses The Spy in the Archive @pegasus-books.bsky.social with @arusbridger.bsky.social #Russia Tickets: www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

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Strand Group KCL @strandgroup.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

We are delighted to announce that @gordoncorera.bsky.social, the security & intelligence specialist & The Rest is Classified host, joins us as Visiting Professor Applications open for MA Government Studies: www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

4th May @gordoncorera.bsky.social discusses The Spy in the Archive with @arusbridger.bsky.social General booking opens 1st Feb www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...

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Pegasus Books @pegasus-books.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

"Mr. Corera is well-versed in the cloak-and-dagger world. His experience with the material lends weight to a thoroughly engrossing tale." Congratulations to @gordoncorera.bsky.social and THE SPY IN THE ARCHIVE for this incredible review in @wsj.com! Check it out:

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‘The Spy in the Archive’ Review: A Dossier on the KGB

After a stalled career in espionage, a Soviet spy was assigned to an archive. What he learned made him decide to smuggle its secrets out.

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The book tells the remarkable story of Vasili Mitrokhin, an introverted, obsessive archivist who stole the KGB's secrets. Turned away by the CIA, he was brought out by MI6. The book also explores how the KGB never died and how that led to the rise of Vladimir Putin and the world we live in today.

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

"The Spy in the Archive: How one man tried to kill the KGB" is out TODAY in the US and I'm so pleased to see this review in the New York Times. "What makes Corera’s book original is that he shows the U.S.S.R.’s demise from the vantage point of its security services."

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David Priess @davidpriess.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

“The job of running the British Secret Service has changed enormously since Cumming’s day, but there are also elements of what sits in Metreweli’s overflowing in-tray that the first Chief would still have recognised.” Great essay by @gordoncorera.bsky.social: engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...

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The evolving world of MI6

Technological shifts, alliance politics, and fractious great-power competition make the United Kingdom’s secret service’s work under its new Chief more complex than ever.

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Spying is changing and for BBC Radio 4, I've investigated the world of disposable agents for hire used by Russia. Amateurs but still dangerous with links to criminality, they are responsible for surveillance and sabotage and perhaps even thefts from rural farms.... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Currently, Playing Spies

Gordon Corera investigates Russia's new front line of amateur espionage.

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Matthew Redhead @matthewrr.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

I spoke to @gordoncorera.bsky.social for #Radio4's "Currently", about #Russia's use of #criminal gangs in its #covert activities. It features the excellent @drichterova.bsky.social, Dominic Murphy and others. Worth a listen. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @cfs-rusi.bsky.social @soc-ace.bsky.social

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Currently - Playing Spies - BBC Sounds

Gordon Corera investigates Russia's new front line of amateur espionage.

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Just announced! Our first @restisclassified.bsky.social live show......Join myself and David on Jan 31st for an evening exploring where spy fact meets fiction. Pre-sale tickets for members available from today therestisclassified.supportingcast.fm Tickets on general sale from tomorrow.....

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Pegasus Books @pegasus-books.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

"Corera, a former security correspondent for the BBC, tells the enthralling story of Vasili Mitrokhin, an unsuccessful Soviet spy whom the KGB demoted in 1956 to the role of archivist." Check out this informative review of THE SPY IN THE ARCHIVE by @gordoncorera.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com!

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The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB

Gordon Corera tells the enthralling story of Vasili Mitrokhin, an unsuccessful Soviet spy whom the KGB demoted in 1956 to the role of archivist.

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James Pearson @pearswick.press · 02/10/2025

The latest episodes of the @restisclassified.bsky.social podcast with @gordoncorera.bsky.social and David McCloskey is a fascinating look inside Mossad's sprawling campaign to infiltrate and weaponise pagers used by Hezbollah.

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

October 7th I'm talking to @jasonburke2.bsky.social about his new book "The Revolutionists: The Remarkable True Story of The Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s" Come along to the Kiln Theatre, London if you want to hear some crazy stories about wild plots intelligencesquared.com/events/the-r...

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

This week on @restisclassified.bsky.social podcast we look at the remarkable story of sabotaging the Nazi nuke effort. Operation Gunnerside was organised by SOE but carried out by Norwegians and led by Joachim Rønneberg - one of the bravest, most impressive people I've had the fortune to meet

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Putin had 'rather sinister looking eyes' and said: ‘It’s the duty of people like you to stand between the terrorist and their victim. And you failed.’ "So it wasn’t a successful meeting," Eliza Manningham-Buller recalls. A taster of the interview is here for non-members. linktr.ee/triclassified

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Who was the first foreign leader to visit Britain's COBR crisis room? The surprising answer is Putin. In 2005 he was briefed on the 7/7 terror attack and criticised MI5 head Eliza Manningham-Buller for not stopping it. Full interview with Eliza for club members therestisclassified.supportingcast.fm

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Thanks George for the comments. And I will definitely pass that on to Mr McCloskey…….

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Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I had a great chat with @gordoncorera.bsky.social about his latest book #thespyinthearchive. @coldwarpod.bsky.social episode comes out this Saturday! Buy the book here and support @coldwarpod.bsky.social uk.bookshop.org/a/1549/97800...

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Blaise Metreweli appointed next Chief of MI6. With field experience in the Middle East (and Whitehall) and focus on tech (she’s currently running the Q tech division) it’s a sign that in turbulent times an understanding of professional spy skills and how to maintain them in the digital age are vital

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Always a bit nervous for first book reviews and particularly when I saw this one was by Prof. Christopher Andrew who worked with Mitrokhin so something of a relief to read it......the picture (from the book) is of Mitrokhin and his son during their exfiltration. www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...

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The KGB man who betrayed the USSR and smuggled secrets to Britain

The Spy in the Archive, a new biography of Vasily Mitrokhin by Gordon Corera, relates his daring deception and flight to the West

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

REVEALED: MI6 ran a molehunt in the 1990s after a CIA lead the Russians may have recruited an MI6 officer. Fears were of 'another Philby'. The hunt went on for years and was ultimately labelled 'inconclusive'. More details in the "The Spy in the Archive" - out in the UK next week

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

How did MI6 exfiltrate former KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin using a yellow minibus? And how did it nearly go wrong? The story - told for the first time on @restisclassified.bsky.social this week with the full detail in "The Spy in the Archive" out in the UK next week. linktr.ee/triclassified

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Thanks for enjoying the podcast! The US version of the book is not out till January so you may have to hang on a little!

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

This week on @restisclassified.bsky.social a very special story for me - that of Vasili Mitrokhin, the archivist who escaped with the KGB's deepest secrets thanks to a wild MI6 exfiltration. It's the subject of my book "The Spy in the Archive" out in the UK next week. linktr.ee/triclassified

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Rest Is Classified @restisclassified.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 The Legacy of Edward Snowden (Ep 6) Join David McCloskey and @gordoncorera.bsky.social in the final instalment of their incredible series of the life and legacy of Edward Snowden...

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I also get the chance to reveal a small clandestine mission of my own. The first two episodes are out now for everyone but if you want to binge all 6 (!) then we've just launched the 'The Declassified club' where early access is one of the many benefits. therestisclassified.supportingcast.fm

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The Rest Is Classified | The Declassified Club

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Snowden's actions left a lasting legacy inl the relationship between citizens, governments and tech companies. And his own journey ends up in Moscow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pAI...

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How Edward Snowden Hacked The NSA (Snowden Episode 1)

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This week on "The Rest is Classified" we start a series on Edward Snowden. As my discussion with David reveals, he can be a controversial subject. But more than a decade on, his story remains consequential in what it tells us about privacy, technology and surveillance linktr.ee/triclassified

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

What connects Michael Caine and Frank Sinatra? They both delved into the world of spies and mind control in The Manchurian Candidate and The Ipcress File.This week on @restisclassified.bsky.social podcast we finish our journey into the dark world of the CIA’s MKULTRA program linktr.ee/triclassified

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Rest Is Classified @restisclassified.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 CIA Mind Control: Sex, Drugs and Mysterious Deaths In the third episode of our mind-bending MK Ultra series, David and @gordoncorera.bsky.social explore the bizarre story of how the CIA: 🏠Funded a brothel in San Francisco ☕️Spiked coffee with LSD Link in replies👇

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

His intelligence helped the West understand the paranoia in Moscow at a dangerous time in the 1980s. There was a risk of unintended conflict and Gordievsky's intelligence helped both Thatcher and Reagan take a more nuanced approach. He would later meet Reagan in the Oval Office

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I was fortunate enough to get to know him over the years and talk to him about his remarkable life. He did not decide to betray the KGB for money or out of petty grievance but from a deep seated belief that he did not want to serve what he saw as a 'criminal' regime.

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Farewell to one of the most important spies of the Cold War. Oleg Gordievsky has died in the UK. A KGB officer who spied for MI6, he supplied vital intelligence that helped manage tensions between the West and the Soviet Union in the 80s. Nothing suspicious to his passing, I understand.

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

What's so important about Greenland? This week on "The Rest is Classified" podcast @restisclassified.bsky.social we look at its secret history, a wild story featuring under ice bases, crashed nuclear bombers and an early warning radar station which I visited back in 2008 - linktr.ee/triclassified

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

An act of deadly sabotage carried out by French intelligence.......on Greenpeace. This week on "The Rest is Classified" @restisclassified.bsky.social we look at the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand and who takes the blame when an operation goes wrong. linktr.ee/triclassified

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Some news about my next book…..

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

In a special episode of “The Rest is Classified” we take a look at the question of whether or not TikTok is a national security threat and if so how……. linktr.ee/triclassified

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Swift Press @swiftpress.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

See former CIA officer David McCloskey in conversation with @gordoncorera.bsky.social, his @restisclassified.bsky.social co-host, at @waterstones.bsky.social Trafalgar Square on Tuesday 28th January for his upcoming novel #TheSeventhFloor. Secure your tickets 🎫 ow.ly/TFAA50Uwu9O

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

For those recovering from Christmas festivities, The Rest is Classified presents the wild story of Mansfield Cumming, the first head of MI6. It’s a story of secret inks, disguises and personal tragedy. And some (but not all) of his traditions live on in the British Secret Service today.

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Thanks Sheila. I can never read enough about Winkie the pigeon and his exploits. A true hero!

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Two weeks in to @restisclassified.bsky.social and our 1st emergency pod is out looking at events in Damascus. Myself and co-host David McCloskey explain what led to the Assad regime falling so fast and what David’s successors as CIA Syria analysts will be looking at now. linktr.ee/triclassified

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This time on The Rest is Classified we look at the remarkable tale of the first CIA teams into Afghanistan in the days immediately after 9/11 - a story which at times is more like something out of the Wild West. But which also raises question about where the West's intervention would lead…..

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Gordon Corera @gordoncorera.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

He also spoke about the history of working with the French back to World War II and the work of SOE tasked by Churchill to set Europe ablaze. "We cherish our heritage of covert action which we keep alive today in helping Ukraine resist the Russian invasion."

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