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Gary Rawnsley @garydrawnsley.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Finished The Writer and the Traitor by @robertverkaik.bsky.social. A superb book that explores not only the extraordinary relationship between Greene and Philby, but also deeper questions of identity, betrayal, & loyalty. Highly recommended.

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Robert Verkaik @robertverkaik.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

New book with my dad's battered old typewriter

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Robert Verkaik @robertverkaik.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

A mystifying true story of loyalty and treachery. The strange friendship of the writer Graham Greene and the traitor Kim Philby.

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Robert Verkaik @robertverkaik.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The historic and ongoing links between the ancient private schools and the Oxbridge colleges hinder a fair and open admissions system for the recruitment of students from disadvantaged communities. #trinityhall #cambridge www.theguardian.com/education/20...

theguardian.com

Cambridge college urged to drop ‘immoral’ private school recruitment drive

Alastair Campbell joins graduates and social mobility charities in criticism of Trinity Hall’s new policy

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Robert Verkaik @robertverkaik.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

When Stalin returned to Russia after the Yalta conference in February 1945, he told the following joke: Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin went on a hunting trip and finally killed their bear. Churchill said, ‘I’ll take the bearskin. Let Roosevelt and Stalin divide the meat.’

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Headline Books @headlinebooks.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Discover the story of the spy whose betrayal changed the face of the 20th Century – now with new content. THE TRAITOR OF ARNHEM by @robertverkaik.bsky.social is the first book to analyse government documents released in January 2025. Out now in paperback: brnw.ch/21wRCyE

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Robert Verkaik @robertverkaik.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

New video about the tragic failure at Arnhem and the spies who betrayed the Allies www.youtube.com/watch?v=u62l...

youtube.com

Unmasking the WWII Spies of Arnhem | True Life Spy Stories

YouTube video by Philip Thompson

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Robert Verkaik @robertverkaik.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

This thrilling new exhibition on the secrets of MI5 opens @ the UK National Archives in the Spring and will throw more light on the activities of Cambridge spy Anthony Blunt. #traitorofarnhem

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Robert Verkaik @robertverkaik.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Filming elusive sea eagles on the Isle of Wight.

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Robert Verkaik @robertverkaik.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Now we see Eton in its true colours. The £600M school is denying disadvantaged children places rather than reducing its wealth. Fees have doubled in the last ten years to £63,000 but it can't afford to educate poor kids. Founded: 1440 as a poor school www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

dailymail.co.uk

Eton College slashes a third of its free places amid Labour tax raid

More than a third of its free places will be cut by 2027 as aid is cut from £9.7 million to £8.65 million despite the college sitting on a £553 million endowment fund.

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Robert Verkaik @robertverkaik.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Looks like the Cold War is hotting up in the UK...gone is the subtle spycraft of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, replaced by deepfake porn stings. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Russian spies surveilled Ukrainian troops at US airbase, trial hears

Bulgarian nationals Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova, and Tihomir Ivanchev, deny a conspiracy to spy.

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